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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1515-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824345
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89
Scores
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
3.4 (8 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.4.1
Published
Jun 13, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026