Security Advisory

CVE-2012-5532

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-12-27 11:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 21:05:47
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The main function in tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c in hypervkvpd, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a crafted application that sends a Netlink message. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-2669.