{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2008-2372", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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.\"" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207" }, { "name": "32485", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32485" }, { "name": "SUSE-SA:2008:038", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html" }, { "name": "SUSE-SA:2008:035", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html" }, { "name": "32393", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32393" }, { "name": "[linux-kernel] 20080430 Re: Page Faults slower in 2.6.25-rc9 than 2.6.23", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0804.3/3203.html" }, { "name": "RHSA-2008:0957", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html" }, { "name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9383", "refsource": "OVAL", "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9383" }, { "name": "30982", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30982" }, { "name": "USN-659-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1" }, { "name": "30901", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30901" }, { "name": "http://new-ubuntu-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/re-pending-stable-kernel-security_25.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://new-ubuntu-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/re-pending-stable-kernel-security_25.html" }, { "name": "RHSA-2008:0585", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html" }, { "name": "SUSE-SA:2008:037", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html" }, { "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f" }, { "name": "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9" }, { "name": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629" }, { "name": "31628", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31628" }, { "name": "31202", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31202" }, { "name": "linux-kernel-getuserpages-dos(43550)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43550" } ] } }