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GHSA-xgx6-xwch-wmqq
GHSA-xgx6-xwch-wmqq
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published April 23, 2022
The int3 handler in the Linux kernel before 3.3 relies on a per-CPU debug stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and panic) via a crafted application that triggers certain lock contention.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- Apr 23, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794557 url
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-stable-rt.git/commit/?id=bcf6b1d78c0bde228929c388978ed3af9a623463 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0810 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-stable-rt.git/commit/?id=e5d4e1c3ccee18c68f23d62ba77bda26e893d4f0 url