Is CVE-2012-1097 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1097 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1097?

CVE-2012-1097 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-1097

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 0.4% (27th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1133)
Published: May 17, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1133 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise mrg
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

10 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 with CPACF - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2798 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2742 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Libreswan Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2721 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2711 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical

See all 10 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e
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(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48842(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964(Broken Link)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799209(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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