CVE-2012-5532
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=95a69adab9acfc3981c504737a2b6578e4d846ef
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0807.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/patch-3.8-rc1.bz2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176