CVE-2012-1090

Summary

CVE	CVE-2012-1090
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	redhat
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2012-05-17 11:00:37 UTC
Updated	2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.1	[email protected]	Primary	5.5	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	4.9		`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Local

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Linux	Linux Kernel	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Redhat	Enterprise Mrg	2.0	All	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise Desktop	11	sp1	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise Desktop	11	sp2	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension	11	sp1	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension	11	sp2	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	11	sp1	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	11	sp1	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	11	sp2	All	All
Operating System	Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	11	sp2	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	rhn.redhat.com	Third Party Advisory
798293 – (CVE-2012-1090) CVE-2012-1090 kernel: cifs: dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup leads to panic on unmount	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	bugzilla.redhat.com	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0616-1: important: Security update for	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.opensuse.org	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	rhn.redhat.com	Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Broken Link
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- kernel: cifs: dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup leads to panic on unmount	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.openwall.com	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.kernel.org	Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0554-1: important: Security update for	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.opensuse.org	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cifs: fix dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup · torvalds/linux@88d7d4e · GitHub	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	github.com	Patch, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research \| Flexera	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	secunia.com	Broken Link
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.