5.5

CVE-2012-1146

Exploit

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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version < 3.2.10
FedoraprojectFedora Version16
SuseLinux Enterprise Desktop Version11 Updatesp2
SuseLinux Enterprise Server Version11 Updatesp2 SwPlatformvmware
SuseLinux Enterprise Server Version11 Updatesp2 SwEdition-
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.1% 0.278
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 4.9 3.9 6.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.