CVE-2012-5517

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-08-01
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.0
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2047	2012-12-19
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1580	2012-12-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2047	2012-12-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24