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.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817430 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/24/12 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53233 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75168 | vdb-entry x_refsource_XF |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817430 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/24/12 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53233 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75168 | vdb-entry x_refsource_XF x_transferred |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |