CVE-2012-5517
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5409)
- Published
- December 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5409 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1580.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56527
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1671-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1673-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1677-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1678-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1679-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875374
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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