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CVE-2012-2372

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2372 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation within the Linux kernel versions 3.7.4 and earlier. A local, authenticated attacker can trigger a kernel panic and system crash by establishing an RDS connection where the source IP address matches the system's own IPoIB interface IP. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
2.7
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-220.23.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2372Moderate

kernel: rds-ping cause kernel panic

Jun 5, 2012

References

marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
oss.oracle.com / git
suse.com / support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1529-1
securityfocus.com / bid/54062
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1555-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1556-1