CVE-2012-1097

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 third party advisory broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799209 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/1 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 third party advisory broken link
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e third party advisory patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 third party advisory broken link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1097?
CVE-2012-1097 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1097?
To fix CVE-2012-1097, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-1097 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-1097 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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