CVE-2012-3412
kernel: sfc: potential remote denial of service through TCP MSS option
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value.
El controlador sfc (también conocido como Solarflare Solarstorm) en el Kernel de Linux anteriores a v3.2.30 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de descriptor de DMA y fallo del controlador de red) a través de paquetes TCP manipulados que provocan valores MSS pequeños.
A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel passed the replacement session keyring to a child process. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). Ben Hutchings reported a flaw in the Linux kernel with some network drivers that support TSO (TCP segment offload). A local or peer user could exploit this flaw to to cause a denial of service. Jay Fenlason and Doug Ledford discovered a bug in the Linux kernel implementation of RDS sockets. A local unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to read privileged information from the kernel. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2012-06-14 CVE Reserved
- 2012-09-14 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-06 First Exploit
- 2025-06-06 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-189: Numeric Errors
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC
References (25)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/50633 | Broken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50732 | Broken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50811 | Broken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51193 | Broken Link | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/4 | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c | 2024-08-06 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | < 3.0.44 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 3.0.44" | - |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 3.2.30 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 3.2.30" | - |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.3 < 3.4.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.3 < 3.4.12" | - |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.5 < 3.5.5 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.5 < 3.5.5" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 11.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.04" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 11.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.10" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | - |
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