CVE-2012-2390

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.2

MODERATE

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.074

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-1515-1) linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic_3.2.0-27.43_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1515-1) linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic_3.2.0-27.43_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1515-1) linux-image-3.2.0-27-virtual_3.2.0-27.43_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1515-1) linux-image-3.2.0-27-virtual_3.2.0-27.43_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1515-1) linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic-pae_3.2.0-27.43_i386.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234