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CVE-2012-5517

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 s…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.5.7
Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4

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