CVE-2012-2390

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  3. 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.

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References
Link Resource
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/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89 Exploit Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.4:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

13 Feb 2023, 04:33

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2390', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2390', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1304', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1304', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1150', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1150', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary CVE-2012-2390 kernel: huge pages: memory leak on mmap failure 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.

02 Feb 2023, 18:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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. CVE-2012-2390 kernel: huge pages: memory leak on mmap failure
References
  • {'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89', 'name': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89', 'tags': ['Patch'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2390 -
  • (MISC) http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1304 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1150 -
Information

Published : 2012-06-13 10:24

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2012-2390

Mitre link : CVE-2012-2390

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-2390

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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors