cve-2012-2373
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-09 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:34
Severity ?
Summary
The Linux kernel before 3.4.5 on the x86 platform, when Physical Address Extension (PAE) is enabled, does not properly use the Page Middle Directory (PMD), which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that triggers a race condition.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/18/11
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822821
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626Patch
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