CVE-2012-2372

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    CVE-2012-2372

    Published: 22 Jan 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface's own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1555-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1556-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822754, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54062, https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7b6a0a1d8d636852be130fa15fa8be10d4704e8, https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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