VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2390
Memory leak in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via invalid MAP_HUGETLB mmap operations.
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.52%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via invalid MAP_HUGETLB mmap operations.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1515-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824345
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89Exploit, Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1515-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824345
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.