CVE-2012-0879

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 17 May 2012, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 18:38

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability -0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 May 2012, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 18:38
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

    The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    6.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.33

  • suse•linux_enterprise_desktop

    11:sp1 | 11:sp2

  • suse•linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension

    11:sp1

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp1 | 11:sp2

References (18)