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CVE-2012-2133

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
03/07/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.3.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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