vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2012-6701): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 2, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linuxubuntu-upgrade-linux-armadaxpubuntu-upgrade-linux-ti-omap4
References
- CVE-2012-6701
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2012-6701
- CWE-190
- EUVD-EUVD-2012-6543
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-6543
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=07343eab681bf8c22a2b31d978569a5f65253171
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6701
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