CVE-2012-5517

Priority
Medium
Description
The online_pages function in mm/memory_hotplug.c in the Linux kernel before
3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in
opportunistic circumstances by using memory that was hot-added by an
administrator.
Ubuntu-Description
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of new hot-plugged
memory. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service by crashing the system.
References
Bugs
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):DNE
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):DNE
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):released (3.2.0-1612.17)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):released (3.5.0-1606.8)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):not-affected
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):not-affected
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):DNE
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):DNE
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):DNE
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):released (3.0.0-29.46~lucid1)
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):DNE
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):DNE
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):DNE
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):DNE
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):ignored (abandoned)
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):DNE
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):ignored (abandoned)
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):ignored (abandoned)
Package
Upstream:DNE
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):DNE
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):DNE
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):released (3.5.0-20.31~precise1)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):DNE
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):ignored (reached end-of-life)
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):DNE
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):DNE
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):DNE
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):ignored (reached end-of-life)
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):DNE
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):DNE
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):DNE
Package
Source: linux (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):not-affected
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):not-affected
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):released (3.0.0-29.46)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):released (3.2.0-35.54)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):released (3.5.0-20.31)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):not-affected (3.7.0-0.1)
Patches:
Introduced by 1f522509c77a5dea8dc384b735314f03908a6415Fixed by 08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):DNE
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):released (3.0.0-1219.32)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):released (3.2.0-1423.30)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):released (3.5.0-20.31)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):not-affected
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):DNE
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):ignored (abandoned)
Package
Upstream:released (3.6~rc1)
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron):DNE
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx):ignored (reached end-of-life, does not affect buildd)
Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot):DNE
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal):DNE
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail):DNE
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