CVE - CVE-2012-1146

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1146	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:48898 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 MISC:48964 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 MISC:FEDORA-2012-3712 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:0554 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120307 Re: CVE request -- kernel: mm: memcg: unregistring of events attached to the same eventfd can lead to oops URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f MISC:kernel-memcg-dos(73711) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120214	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120214)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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