CVE-2012-5374

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The CRC32C feature in the Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (extended runtime of kernel code) by creating many different files whose names are associated with the same CRC32C hash value.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.0/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 18, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-5374: Medium severity, CVSS 4.0 | Vulnix