{"id":"CVE-2012-6638","details":"The tcp_rcv_state_process function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel resource consumption) via a flood of SYN+FIN TCP packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2663.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:12:01.942296Z","published":"2014-02-15T14:57:07Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:12:01.942296Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826702"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}