CVE-2008-2372
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 2, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- May 21, 2008
Description
The Linux kernel 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of calls to the get_user_pages function, which lacks a ZERO_PAGE optimization and results in allocation of "useless newly zeroed pages."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
- 32485third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:038vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:035vendor-advisory
- 32393third-party-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20080430 Re: Page Faults slower in 2.6.25-rc9 than 2.6.23mailing-list
- RHSA-2008:0957vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9383vdb-entrysignature
- 30982third-party-advisory
- USN-659-1vendor-advisory
- 30901third-party-advisory
- http://new-ubuntu-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/re-pending-stable-kernel-security_25.html
- RHSA-2008:0585vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:037vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
- 31628third-party-advisory
- 31202third-party-advisory
- linux-kernel-getuserpages-dos(43550)vdb-entry
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