{"id":"CVE-2012-6657","details":"The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:12:02.163665Z","published":"2014-09-28T10:55:10Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:12:02.163665Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/8"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}