5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
8.3%
The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
secunia.com/advisories/48545
secunia.com/advisories/48842
www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5
www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
8.3%