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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2469-1 linux-2.6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2133 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1457-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1468-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1469-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1470-1 Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1471-1 Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1472-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1473-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1474-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1476-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.389Z

Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-2133

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-07-03T16:40:32.117

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2133

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-03-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2133 - Bugzilla

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