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CVE-2012-5532

Published: Dec 27, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The main function in tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c in hypervkvpd, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a crafted application that sends a Netlink message. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-2669.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/patch-3.8-rc1.bz2

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=95a69adab9acfc3981c504737a2b6578e4d846ef

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vendor-advisory

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200

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[oss-security] 20121127 Re: CVE-2012-5532 hypervkvpd DoS

mailing-list

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877572

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95a69adab9acfc3981c504737a2b6578e4d846ef

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vendor-advisory

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kernel-hypervkvpd-dos(80337)

vdb-entry

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vdb-entry

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