CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-1090
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The cifs_lookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.10)
• redhat enterprise mrg 2.0
• suse linux enterprise desktop 11
• suse linux enterprise high availability extension 11
• suse linux enterprise server 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Broken Link
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08 Patch, Third Party Advisory