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."
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2008-07-02T16:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T08:58:02.101Z
Reserved: 2008-05-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-2372
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2008-07-02T16:41:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:46:44.267
Link: CVE-2008-2372
Redhat