CVE-2012-1146

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2012-1146
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.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 01:36

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f - () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f -
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 - Broken Link () http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 - Broken Link
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 - Broken Link () http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 - Broken Link
References () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 - Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 - Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3 - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3 - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Information

Published : 2012-05-17 11:00

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:36

NVD link : CVE-2012-1146

Mitre link : CVE-2012-1146

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-1146

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Products Affected

fedoraproject

  • fedora

suse

  • linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension
  • linux_enterprise_server
  • linux_enterprise_desktop

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference