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.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5409 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1669-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1670-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1671-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1673-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1677-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1678-1 Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1679-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1704-1 Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.234Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-5517

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-12-21T11:47:36.830

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-5517

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5517 - Bugzilla

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