Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Linux kernel - CVE-2012-3552
Published: October 3, 2012 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92535
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3552
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3552
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259