CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-2669
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-12-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The main function in tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c in hypervkvpd, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, does not validate the origin of Netlink messages, which allows local users to spoof Netlink communication via a crafted connector message.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 3.4.4)
• linux linux kernel 3.4.1
• linux linux kernel 3.4.2
• linux linux kernel 3.4.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00042.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/12 openwall.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/12 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200 bugzilla.novell.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c github.com
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00042.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/12 openwall.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/12 www.openwall.com
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200 bugzilla.novell.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c github.com