Tracker / CVE-2012-6657
CVE-2012-6657
Medium 4.9
The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 3.5.6 |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server |
Analysis
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