CVE-2012-2745: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.3.1; version 3.3 only

Published 2012-08-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.