CVE-2012-6701

Published: May 2, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 3.0.33
Linux Linux Kernel	From 3.1 to 3.2.19
Linux Linux Kernel	From 3.3 to 3.3.8
Linux Linux Kernel	From 3.4 to 3.4.1

Related CWEs

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.

References (12)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.1

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314288

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893

Source: security@debian.org

Vendor Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a70b52ec1aaeaf60f4739edb1b422827cb6f3893