CVE-2012-2745

medium

Published 2012-08-09 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.7

Description

The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
linux-kernel		affected
linux-kernel	3.3	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.2.15-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.2.15-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.2.15-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.2.15-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.2.15-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.