PT-2012-2269 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2012-05-17 · Updated 2020-07-29 · CVE-2012-0058

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 3.2.2

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service via incorrect iocb management in the kiocb batch free function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.2, update to version 3.2.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0058

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 11

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/802f43594d6e4d2ac61086d239153c17873a0428 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0058 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0058 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0058 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027085 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782696 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/18/6 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/18/7 · Note