CVE-2001-1392 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers with high privileges can crash the Linux kernel by repeatedly unloading and reloading CPUID or MSR drivers due to missing unregister calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1392?
CVE-2001-1392 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 31 Aug 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Linux kernel before 2.2.19 does not have unregister calls for (1) CPUID and (2) MSR drivers, which could cause a DoS (crash) by unloading and reloading the drivers.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1392?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1392?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1392 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-1392 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1392 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hqgx-5fv9-h958.