CVE-2012-6657 | BDVDB-2026-64359 Detail
Description#
The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.