UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2372

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2372

    Published: 18 Jun 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2372
    Aliases:
    USN-1514-1
    USN-1529-1
    USN-1530-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2372, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1530-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1531-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1514-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1538-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1554-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1555-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1556-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1558-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1563-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2372

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-1.16

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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