CVE-2012-1090

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <3.2.10 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (10)

[Mailing List, 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

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/48842

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/48964

[Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (10)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.2.10

redhat/enterprise_mrg

suse/linux_enterprise_desktop

suse/linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension

suse/linux_enterprise_server

Timeline

Published May 17, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026