CVE-2012-2744

N/A Unknown
Published: August 09, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1148.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/49928
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54367
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027235
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833402
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1148.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/49928
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54367
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027235
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833402
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.4%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux