CVE-2012-1090

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CVSS v3.1

5.5

EPSS

0.40%

Published

May 17, 2012

Modified

Apr 28, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

The cifs_lookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Products (10)

linux · linux_kernel (up to 3.2.10)vulnerable

redhat · enterprise_mrgvulnerable

suse · linux_enterprise_desktopvulnerable

suse · linux_enterprise_high_availability_extensionvulnerable

suse · linux_enterprise_servervulnerable

References (20)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48842

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/48964

Broken Link

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08

PatchThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48842

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/48964

Broken Link

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/28/4

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798293

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88d7d4e4a439f32acc56a6d860e415ee71d3df08

PatchThird Party Advisory

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