CVE-2012-6701
Description
Integer overflow in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6701
Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893
Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1
Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6701.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.0.33 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6701.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6701
CWEs
CWE-190
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.