CVE-2012-1146

MEDIUM5.5

The mem_cgroup_usage_unregister_event function in mm/memcontrol

Published May 17, 2012

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f

ADVISORY

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html

ADVISORY

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html

ADVISORY

http://secunia.com/advisories/48898

ADVISORY

http://secunia.com/advisories/48964

WEB