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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20120606 Re: CVE-Request: hyper-v daemon (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121127 Re: CVE-2012-5532 hypervkvpd DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:1526 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 19:42 UTC.