CVE-2012-2136

The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.

Date published : 2012-08-09

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53721

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc