CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2372

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2013-01-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-01-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface's own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.7.4) • linux linux kernel 3.7 • linux linux kernel 3.7.1 • linux linux kernel 3.7.2 • linux linux kernel 3.7.3

References