CVE-2012-1097

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 17, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
6 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxLinux Enterprise Server

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.0.243.1 ≤ v < 3.2.10
Affected range stops below 3.0.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48842
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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