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CVE-2008-2372
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…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.39%
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- redhat
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (20)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32485 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32393 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20080430 Re: Page Faults slower in 2.6.25-rc9 than 2.6.23 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0957 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9383 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 30982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-659-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 30901 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://new-ubuntu-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/re-pending-stable-kernel-security_25.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- linux-kernel-getuserpages-dos(43550) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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