The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUF or (2) SO_RCVBUF option.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-12-28T07:42:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:02.175Z
Reserved: 2016-12-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-6704
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-28T07:59:00.150
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:46:42.780
Link: CVE-2012-6704
Redhat