VDB
CVE-2012-0879
CVE-2012-0879
PUBLISHED
Reported by redhat · Published May 17, 2012
The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | n/a | n/a, n/a |
Timeline
- May 17, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- RHSA-2012:0531 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- x_refsource_CONFIRM
- USN-1408-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- [oss-security] 20120223 Re: CVE request -- kernel: block: CLONE_IO io_context refcounting issues mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- 1027086 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- DSA-2469 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- RHSA-2012:0481 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- x_refsource_CONFIRM
- SUSE-SU-2012:0616 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- 48545 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- USN-1411-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 48842 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- x_refsource_CONFIRM
- x_refsource_CONFIRM
- USN-1410-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- HPSBGN02970 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- x_refsource_CONFIRM