CVE-2012-1146

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-1146
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-17T11:00:37
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:33:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.2.10
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1146
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1146
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:39:30 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:04:46 2023-02-13T04:33:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:04:46 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated