Bug 799782

Summary: CVE-2012-1097 kernel: regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 16CC: davej, gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, jwboyer, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security, SecurityTracking
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.42.9-2.fc15 Doc Type: Release Note
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Last Closed: 2012-03-10 21:50:18 UTC Type: ---
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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2012-03-05 02:10:00 UTC
This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.

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Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-03-05 14:24:24 UTC
The fixes for this are in the 3.3-rc6 kernel.  f17/rawhide should pick those commits up today.

I'll backport to f15/f16.

Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2012-03-05 14:44:40 UTC
Patches applied to f15/f16.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-03-06 01:01:42 UTC
kernel-2.6.42.9-2.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.42.9-2.fc15

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-03-06 01:03:19 UTC
kernel-3.2.9-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.2.9-2.fc16

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-03-08 04:56:56 UTC
Package kernel-3.2.9-2.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kernel-3.2.9-2.fc16'
as soon as you are able to, then reboot.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-3350/kernel-3.2.9-2.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-03-10 21:50:18 UTC
kernel-3.2.9-2.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-03-15 02:31:13 UTC
kernel-2.6.42.9-2.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.