CVE-2008-2372

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."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9383

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43550

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0804.3/3203.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207

http://secunia.com/advisories/32485

http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

http://secunia.com/advisories/31202

http://secunia.com/advisories/30982

http://secunia.com/advisories/30901

http://new-ubuntu-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/re-pending-stable-kernel-security_25.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3