Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

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 system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by using memory that was hot-added by an administrator.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.