CVE-2012-5375

The CRC32C feature in the Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of file creation) by leveraging the ability to write to a directory important to the victim, and creating a file with a crafted name that is associated with a specific CRC32C hash value.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.0 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 58th percentile

Published

2013-02-18

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38132

Security advisories

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/patch-3.8-rc1.bz2
• torvalds/linux/commit/9c52057c698fb96f8f07e7a4bcf4801a092bda89
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1944-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1945-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1946-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1947-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2017-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry