CVE-2012-6657

It was found that the Linux kernel's networking implementation did not correctly handle the setting of the keepalive socket option on raw sockets. A local user able to create a raw socket could use this flaw to crash the system.

This issue does not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

This issue affects the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 may address this issue.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.