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USN-1677-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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USN-1677-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

12/21/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

05/06/2013

Modified

07/09/2020

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.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-omap
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-powerpc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-server
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-0-0-29-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2012-5517
56527
CVE - 2012-5517
RHSA-2012:1580
USN-1677-1

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