{"id":"CVE-2012-1097","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1097","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:17:45.060Z","title":"The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other…","description":"The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a (1) PTRACE_GETREGSET or (2) PTRACE_SETREGSET ptrace call.","published":"2012-05-17T11:00:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:39:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","redhat/enterprise linux","redhat/enterprise mrg","suse/linux enterprise desktop","suse/linux enterprise high availability extension","suse/linux enterprise server"],"epss":{"score":0.00351,"percentile":0.28482,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). 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