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CVE-2012-2373

Published: Aug 9, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Linux kernel before 3.4.5 on the x86 platform, when Physical Address Extension (PAE) is enabled, does not properly use the Page Middle Directory (PMD), which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that triggers a race condition.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5

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vendor-advisory

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626

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[oss-security] 20120518 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: mm: read_pmd_atomic: 32bit PAE pmd walk vs pmd_populate SMP race condition

mailing-list

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822821

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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