CVE-2012-1097

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-05-17
Impact:	None	What is this?

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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-19
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2008	2012-04-19
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.21.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-19
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.21.1.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0481	2012-04-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2008	2012-04-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.21.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.21.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2007	2012-04-19