cve/2008/CVE-2008-2372.md

### [CVE-2008-2372](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2372)
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### Description

The Linux kernel 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of calls to the get_user_pages function, which lacks a ZERO_PAGE optimization and results in allocation of "useless newly zeroed pages."

### POC

#### Reference
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9383

#### Github
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