CVE-2012-4398
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 18, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 21, 2012
Description
The __request_module function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted application.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [linux-kernel] 20120207 [PATCH 5/5] kmod: make __request_module() killablemailing-list
- RHSA-2013:0223vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.4.tar.bz2
- [oss-security] 20120902 CVE Request -- kernel: request_module() OOM local DoSmailing-list
- 55077third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1348vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:0481vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0566vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853474
- 55361vdb-entry
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