CVE
- Id
- 59900
- CVE No.
- CVE-2012-6657
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.
- Phase
- Assigned (20140915)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments