CVE - CVE-2012-2133

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2133	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20120424 Re: CVE Request: use after free bug in "quota" handling in hugetlb code URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/24/12 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817430 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029 DEBIAN:DSA-2469 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2012:0616 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html BID:53233 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53233 XF:linux-kernel-hugepages-dos(75168) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75168
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20120404	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20120404)
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