CVE - CVE-2012-1146

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1146	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
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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MLIST:[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 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-3712 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:0554 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html SECUNIA:48898 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 SECUNIA:48964 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 XF:kernel-memcg-dos(73711) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711
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Date Entry Created
20120214	Disclaimer: The entry 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.
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Assigned (20120214)
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