CVE-2012-5517

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.0/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 21, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-5517: Medium severity, CVSS 4.0 | Vulnix