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CVE-2012-1146 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  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-2012-1146
NVD Published Date:
05/17/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.