CVE-2012-2372

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-06-05
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0743	2012-06-18