CVE-2012-6701

Integer overflow in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9	Mailing List
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893	Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9	Mailing List
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-05-02 10:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2012-6701

Mitre link : CVE-2012-6701

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-6701

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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