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CVE-2012-1146
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The mem_cgroup_usage_unregister_event function in mm/memcontrol.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle multiple events that are attached to the same eventfd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by registering memory threshold events..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.9/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 1.8/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- Low
- Impact Score
- 3.6/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 3.2.10 | |
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension: |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528ca