CVE-2012-3552
Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.85% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux eus
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.