| Revision Date: | 2013-02-17 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2012-4398 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium. | | Description: | The __request_module function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted application. Tetsuo Handa reported a flaw in the OOM (out of memory) killer of the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged user can exploit this flaw to cause system unstability and denial of services.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2012-4398
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.2.0-21.34').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-armadaxp' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.2.0-1601.4').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-quantal' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.5.0-18.29~precise1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-raring' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.8.0-19.30~precise1').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-trusty' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.13.0-24.46~precise1').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-ti-omap4' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.2.0-1412.15').
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