VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-6701
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9Mailing List
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9Mailing List
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.