CVE-2012-6701

7.8 HIGH

Published: May 02, 2016 Modified: May 06, 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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893