CVE-2012-1090: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.2.10 (fixed in 3.2.10)
• Red Hat Enterprise Mrg: version 2.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only

Published 2012-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.