CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | linux | <Β 3.0.0-29.46 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux | <Β 3.2.0-35.55 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | linux | <Β 3.5.0-21.32 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-armadaxp | <Β 3.2.0-1612.17 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | linux-armadaxp | <Β 3.5.0-1606.8 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 10.04 | noarch | linux-lts-backport-oneiric | <Β 3.0.0-29.46~lucid1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-lts-quantal | <Β 3.5.0-21.32~precise1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 11.10 | noarch | linux-ti-omap4 | <Β 3.0.0-1219.32 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-ti-omap4 | <Β 3.2.0-1423.30 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | linux-ti-omap4 | <Β 3.5.0-216.23 | UNKNOWN |
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/11
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5517
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5517
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5517
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1669-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1670-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1671-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1673-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1677-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1678-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1679-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1704-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5517