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CVE-2012-1090 (GCVE-0-2012-1090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-17 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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Date Public
2012-02-28 00:00
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