The online_pages function in mm/memory_hotplug.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by using memory that was hot-added by an administrator.
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References | () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1 - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html - | |
References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1580.html - | |
References | () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ - | |
References | () http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 - Patch | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/11 - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56527 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1671-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1673-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1677-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1678-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1679-1 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875374 - | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1 - | |
References | () https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html - |
Information
Published : 2012-12-21 11:47
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:44
NVD link : CVE-2012-5517
Mitre link : CVE-2012-5517
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5517
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE