CVE-2012-0879

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.
References
Link Resource
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48545 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 Not Applicable
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48545 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 Not Applicable
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:35

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 - Broken Link () http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 - Broken Link
References () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 - () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 -
References () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 - () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html - Third Party Advisory () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html - Third Party Advisory () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/48545 - Not Applicable () http://secunia.com/advisories/48545 - Not Applicable
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 - Not Applicable () http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 - Not Applicable
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 - Patch, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2012-05-17 11:00

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:35


NVD link : CVE-2012-0879

Mitre link : CVE-2012-0879

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-0879


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

suse

  • linux_enterprise_server
  • linux_enterprise_desktop
  • linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension

linux

  • linux_kernel

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption