CVE-2012-2390

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-05-17

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.

See more information about CVE-2012-2390 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2034	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.32.3.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.32.3.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1304	2012-09-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2034	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.32.3.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.32.3.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2035	2012-09-27

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