CVE-2012-2133
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6, when huge pages are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges by interacting with a hugetlbfs filesystem, as demonstrated by a umount operation that triggers improper handling of quota data.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/24/12