{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2012-06-05T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: rds-ping cause kernel panic",
    "id" : "822754",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822754"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "4.9",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface's own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping." ],
  "statement" : "This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux MRG. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 may address this issue.",
  "acknowledgement" : "This issue was discovered by Li Honggang (Red Hat).",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "release_date" : "2012-12-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2012:1540",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "release_date" : "2012-06-18T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2012:0743",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.32-220.23.1.el6"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "realtime-kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2372\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2372" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2012-2372",
  "csaw" : false
}