CVE-2012-1090 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2012-1090?

CVE-2012-1090 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The cifs_lookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1090?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Mrg, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1090?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2012-1090 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gjf7-w4hh-3pcg.