UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2390

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2390

    Published: 13 Jun 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2390
    Aliases:
    USN-1508-1
    USN-1515-1
    USN-1531-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2390, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14, http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg34763.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1508-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1515-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1534-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1535-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1531-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1538-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1533-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1539-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2390

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High