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CVE-2012-0879

Date: May 17, 2012

The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (22)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0879

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0879

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-0879

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9

Url: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/48545

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/48842

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-0879

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2012-0879

Date: May 17, 2012

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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