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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-02T16:41:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:46:44.267

Link: CVE-2008-2372

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2372 - Bugzilla