CVE-2012-6657

EPSS 0.12%

linux-2.6 - security update

Published: 9/28/2014Modified: 4/28/2026

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.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)