Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1146

Title: Suse Linux Enterprise Server Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1146.

CWE Category CWE-476
Published Date May 17, 2012
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1146: 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.

Impacted Vendors

F
fedoraproject 1
L
linux 1
R
redhat 1
U
ubuntu 1
S
suse 3

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=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 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=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
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1146 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.