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CVE-2012-6701 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893 CVEVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288 CVEIssue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1 CVEVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 3.0.33
>= 3.1, < 3.2.19
>= 3.3, < 3.3.8
>= 3.4, < 3.4.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6701
NVD Published Date:
May 2, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-6701 Details - Not Deferred