CVE-2012-3552

kernel: net: slab corruption due to improper synchronization around inet->opt

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race 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.

La aplicación IP en el kernel de Linux antes de v3.0 podría permitir a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio mediante el envío de paquetes a una aplicación que configura las opciones de socket durante el manejo de tráfico de red.

VMware has updated several third party libraries in ESX that address multiple security vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-06-14 CVE Reserved
2012-10-03 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0	Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11	2023-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465	2012-12-04
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259	2023-02-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html	2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3552	2012-12-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
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 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 3.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				6.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "6.2"		-		Affected