CVE-2012-2390
kernel: huge pages: memory leak on mmap failure
Severity Score
4.9
*CVSS v2
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Memoria no liberada (memory leak) en mm/hugetlb.c del kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a la 3.4.2. Permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de la memoria o caída del sistema) a traves de operaciones mmap MAP_HUGETLB inválidas.
*Credits:
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Timeline
- 2012-04-19 CVE Reserved
- 2012-06-13 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-06 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
- CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14 | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89 | 2024-08-06 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1515-1 | 2023-02-13 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1 | 2023-02-13 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824345 | 2012-09-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2390 | 2012-09-25 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | <= 3.4.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 3.4.1" | - |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | - |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | rc1 |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | rc2 |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | rc3 |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | rc4 |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | rc5 |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | rc6 |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 3.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.4" | rc7 |
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