NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2012-1146

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error 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. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2012-1146

External References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48964
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/07/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800813
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73711
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/371528caec553785c37f73fa3926ea0de84f986f

Related Security Bulletins

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
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