Medium severity · published May 17, 2012
CVE-2012-0879
The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service…
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.33 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
6.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
11; 11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11; 11; 11 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
10.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0879
Broken Link
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
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