PT-2012-2256 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Wang Xi · Published 2012-01-13 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-0038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1.9

Description The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the xfs acl from disk function, which can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow when a local user interacts with a filesystem containing a malformed ACL, resulting in a denial of service (panic).

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1.9, update to version 3.1.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CESA-2012_0350

CVE-2012-0038

RHSA-2012:0333

RHSA-2012:0350

RHSA-2012:1042

RHSA-2012_0350

USN-1212-1

USN-1356-1

USN-1361-1

USN-1362-1

USN-1363-1

USN-1364-1

USN-1384-1

USN-1386-1

USN-1387-1

USN-1388-1

USN-1389-1

USN-1391-1

USN-1394-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 26

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/093019cf1b18dd31b2c3b77acce4e000e2cbc9ce · Patch
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa8b18edd752a8b4e9d1ee2cd615b82c93cf8bba · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1394-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1386-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1364-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1387-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1362-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773280 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1361-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0350.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1384-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0038 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1389-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1363-1 · Vendor Advisory