CVE-2012-1097
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,…
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- RHSA-2012:0531 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:0554 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 48898 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799209 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120305 CVE-2012-1097 kernel: regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:0616 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 48842 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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