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DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5517

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5517 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.699999809265137 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
6.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 21, 2012 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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