Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-2390
CVE-2012-2390
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.4.1
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <3.4.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89nvdExploitPatch
- git.kernel.orgnvd
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1515-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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