CVE-2012-3412

high
Published 2012-10-03 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3412

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
linux linux-kernelaffected3.0.44
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.29-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.29-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.29-1
debian debiansidfixed3.2.29-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.29-1

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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