CVE-2012-6638 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826702 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdf5af0daf8019cec2396cdef8fb042d80fe71fa