CVE-2012-2390
Public on 2012-06-13
Modified on 2014-09-14
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2012-10-08 | ALAS-2012-133 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |