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kernel: denial of service

Package(s): kernel CVE #(s): CVE-2012-0879

Created: March 7, 2012 Updated: April 3, 2012

Description: The clone() system call does not properly handle the CLONE_IO option, enabling denial-of-service attacks.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1389-1	2012-03-06
Ubuntu	USN-1410-1	2012-03-27
Ubuntu	USN-1411-1	2012-03-27
Ubuntu	USN-1408-1	2012-03-27
Ubuntu	USN-1415-1	2012-04-03
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0481-01	2012-04-17
CentOS	CESA-2012:0481	2012-04-18
Scientific Linux	SL-kern-20120418	2012-04-18
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0481	2012-04-23
Oracle	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-23
Oracle	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-23
Debian	DSA-2469-1	2012-05-10
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:0616-1	2012-05-14
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0862	2012-07-02

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