CVE-2012-3552

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3552
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-03 11:02:57 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- kernel: net: slab corruption due to improper synchronization around inet->opt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.osuosl.org Broken Link
inet: add RCU protection to inet->opt · torvalds/linux@f6d8bd0 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
853465 – (CVE-2012-3552) CVE-2012-3552 kernel: net: slab corruption due to improper synchronization around inet->opt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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