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CVE-2012-1583

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the...

5.0 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

3.57%Up 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2012-1583
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-1583
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1600 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2012-1600
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ww8j-3mhw-m7vh No score

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the...

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.

Record
GHSA-ww8j-3mhw-m7vh
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5
kernel
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-headers
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5
0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5

History

History
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In short

CVE-2012-1583 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Linux Kernel, published June 16, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.57%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in kernel 0:2.6.18-308.4.1.el5.

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