CVE-2012-6638

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826702Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71faPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826702Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71faPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 15, 2014
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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