PT-2008-3853 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published

2008-07-02

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Updated

2023-02-13

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CVE-2008-2372

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 through 2.6.25.8
Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory consumption. This is achieved through a large number of calls to the get user pages function, which lacks a ZERO PAGE optimization, leading to the allocation of "useless newly zeroed pages."
Recommendations: For Linux kernel versions 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 through 2.6.25.8, update to version 2.6.25.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2372
RHSA-2008:0585
RHSA-2008:0957
RHSA-2008_0957

Affected Products

Linux Kernel
Red Hat