CVE-2012-5517
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-12-21 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 52ff416650f2bcaaff5654cb310ccc619713e613e7bf0a97bdca7ccedcea91af
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1679-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1679-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1580http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1580.html
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/
- www.suse.comSUSE-SU-2012:1679https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1673-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1673-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121113 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: mm/hotplug: failure in propagating hot-added memory to other nodeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/11
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1678-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1678-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
- www.securityfocus.com56527http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56527
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1671-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1671-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0925http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1677-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1677-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875374
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.2.41-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.2.41-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.2.41-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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