CVE-2012-6704 in Kernelinfo

Zusammenfassung (Englisch)

The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUF or (2) SO_RCVBUF option.

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02.12.2016

Veröffentlichung

28.12.2016

Status

Bestätigt

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