VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-1097

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-05-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references