CVE-2012-0056
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Statement
This issue did not affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 as it did not backport the upstream commit 198214a7ee. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0052.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0061.html. For more information, please read https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-69129.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2012:0061 | 2012-01-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2012:0052 | 2012-01-23 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rtl | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Jüri Aedla for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation