Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-3552
CVE-2012-3552
Description
Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
1f6d8bd051c39https://github.com/torvalds/linuxvia nvd-ref
Vulnerability mechanics
Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0nvdBroken Link
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