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CVE-2012-2372

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
22/01/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface's own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.7.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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