What is CVE-2012-0058?

CVE-2012-0058 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2012-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2012-0058?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-0058

The kiocb_batch_free function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors that trigger incorrect iocb management.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2012-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/802f43594d6e4d2ac61086d239153c17873a0428 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/18/7 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.2 (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0058?: CVE-2012-0058 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2012-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2012-0058?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.