High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-1097
CVE-2012-1097
Description
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.
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Affected products
12- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
Patches
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References
12- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825envdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/48842nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/48898nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/48964nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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