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CVE-2012-1097 Detail

Description

The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a (1) PTRACE_GETREGSET or (2) PTRACE_SETREGSET ptrace call.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/1 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799209 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1097
NVD Published Date:
05/17/2012
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.