CVE-2012-2669
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The main function in tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c in hypervkvpd, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, does not validate the origin of Netlink messages, which allows local users to spoof Netlink communication via a crafted connector message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2652)
- Published
- December 27, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2652 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00042.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/12
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/12
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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