CVE-2012-5517

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.058

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-1669-1) linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic_3.2.0-35.55_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1669-1) linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic_3.2.0-35.55_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1669-1) linux-image-3.2.0-35-virtual_3.2.0-35.55_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1669-1) linux-image-3.2.0-35-virtual_3.2.0-35.55_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1669-1) linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae_3.2.0-35.55_i386.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234