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CVE-2012-2133 (GCVE-0-2012-2133)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-03 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2012-04-24 00:00
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