CVE-2012-1146 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2012-1146?

CVE-2012-1146 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1146?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1146?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-1146 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1146 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-83vv-q4vw-p24m.