CVE-2012-5517 Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek
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- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 21 Dec 2012
Introduced: 21 Dec 2012
CVE-2012-5517 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-2520
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug
package and not the kernel-uek-debug
package as distributed by Oracle
.
See How to fix?
for Oracle:5
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2012-5517.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1580.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2520.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875374
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1580.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1678-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1671-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1679-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1677-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1673-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56527
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1