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GHSA-j2h3-37r3-qm7f
GHSA-j2h3-37r3-qm7f
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a (1) PTRACE_GETREGSET or (2) PTRACE_SETREGSET ptrace call.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1097 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html url
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/1 url
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799209 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 url