VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-1583

medium
Published 2012-06-16 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
linux Linux kernel Affected 175 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
2.6.21.6 Affected —
2.6.21.5 Affected —
2.6.21.4 Affected —
2.6.21.3 Affected —
2.6.21.2 Affected —
2.6.21.1 Affected —
2.6.21 Affected —
2.6.20.21 Affected —
2.6.20.20 Affected —
2.6.20.19 Affected —
2.6.20.18 Affected —
2.6.20.17 Affected —
2.6.20.16 Affected —
2.6.20.15 Affected —
2.6.20.14 Affected —
2.6.20.13 Affected —
2.6.20.12 Affected —
2.6.20.11 Affected —
2.6.20.10 Affected —
2.6.20.9 Affected —
2.6.20.8 Affected —
2.6.20.7 Affected —
2.6.20.6 Affected —
2.6.20.5 Affected —
2.6.20.4 Affected —
2.6.20.3 Affected —
2.6.20.2 Affected —
2.6.20.1 Affected —
2.6.20 Affected —
2.6.19.7 Affected —
2.6.19.6 Affected —
2.6.19.5 Affected —
2.6.19.4 Affected —
2.6.19.3 Affected —
2.6.19.2 Affected —
2.6.19.1 Affected —
2.6.19 Affected —
2.6.18.8 Affected —
2.6.18.7 Affected —
2.6.18.6 Affected —
2.6.18.5 Affected —
2.6.18.4 Affected —
2.6.18.3 Affected —
2.6.18.2 Affected —
2.6.18.1 Affected —
2.6.18 Affected —
2.6.17.14 Affected —
2.6.17.13 Affected —
2.6.17.12 Affected —
2.6.17.11 Affected —
2.6.17.10 Affected —
2.6.17.9 Affected —
2.6.17.8 Affected —
2.6.17.7 Affected —
2.6.17.6 Affected —
2.6.17.5 Affected —
2.6.17.4 Affected —
2.6.17.3 Affected —
2.6.17.2 Affected —
2.6.17.1 Affected —
2.6.17 Affected —
2.6.16.62 Affected —
2.6.16.61 Affected —
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2.6.16.44 Affected —
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2.6.16.39 Affected —
2.6.16.38 Affected —
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2.6.16.26 Affected —
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2.6.16.17 Affected —
2.6.16.16 Affected —
2.6.16.15 Affected —
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2.6.16.13 Affected —
2.6.16.12 Affected —
2.6.16.11 Affected —
2.6.16.10 Affected —
2.6.16.9 Affected —
2.6.16.8 Affected —
2.6.16.7 Affected —
2.6.16.6 Affected —
2.6.16.5 Affected —
2.6.16.4 Affected —
2.6.16.3 Affected —
2.6.16.2 Affected —
2.6.16.1 Affected —
2.6.16 Affected —
2.6.15.11 Affected —
2.6.15.10 Affected —
2.6.15.9 Affected —
2.6.15.8 Affected —
2.6.15.7 Affected —
2.6.15.6 Affected —
2.6.15.5 Affected —
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2.6.15.3 Affected —
2.6.15.2 Affected —
2.6.15.1 Affected —
2.6.15 Affected —
2.6.14.7 Affected —
2.6.14.6 Affected —
2.6.14.5 Affected —
2.6.14.4 Affected —
2.6.14.3 Affected —
2.6.14.2 Affected —
2.6.14.1 Affected —
2.6.14 Affected —
2.6.13.5 Affected —
2.6.13.4 Affected —
2.6.13.3 Affected —
2.6.13.2 Affected —
2.6.13.1 Affected —
2.6.13 Affected —
2.6.12.6 Affected —
2.6.12.5 Affected —
2.6.12.4 Affected —
2.6.12.3 Affected —
2.6.12.2 Affected —
2.6.12.1 Affected —
2.6.12 Affected —
2.6.11.12 Affected —
2.6.11.11 Affected —
2.6.11.10 Affected —
2.6.11.9 Affected —
2.6.11.8 Affected —
2.6.11.7 Affected —
2.6.11.6 Affected —
2.6.11.5 Affected —
2.6.11.4 Affected —
2.6.11.3 Affected —
2.6.11.2 Affected —
2.6.11.1 Affected —
2.6.11 Affected —
2.6.10 Affected —
2.6.2 Affected —
2.6.1 Affected —
2.6.0 Affected —
— Affected —

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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