kernel: denial of service [LWN.net]

Package(s):

linux

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-5532

Created:

January 18, 2013

Updated:

January 23, 2013

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

Florian Weimer discovered that hypervkvpd, which is distributed in the Linux kernel, was not correctly validating source addresses of netlink packets. An untrusted local user can cause a denial of service by causing hypervkvpd to exit. (CVE-2012-5532)

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1696-1	2013-01-17
Ubuntu	USN-1699-1	2013-01-17
Ubuntu	USN-1698-1	2013-01-17
Ubuntu	USN-1700-1	2013-01-17
Ubuntu	USN-1704-1	2013-01-22
Ubuntu	USN-1699-2	2013-02-01
Ubuntu	USN-1700-2	2013-02-01
Ubuntu	USN-1696-2	2013-02-01
Ubuntu	USN-1698-2	2013-02-01
Ubuntu	USN-1704-2	2013-02-01
Ubuntu	USN-1720-1	2013-02-12
Ubuntu	USN-1726-1	2013-02-14

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