CVE-2012-2390
N/A
Published: June 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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