CVE-2012-3412

high

Description

The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value.

References

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https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844714

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/4

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1430.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1401.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1375.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1347.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1324.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-3382

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30

http://secunia.com/advisories/51193

http://secunia.com/advisories/50811

http://secunia.com/advisories/50732

http://secunia.com/advisories/50633

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H