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CVE-2013-0309

Published: Feb 22, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.6.2, when transparent huge pages are used, does not properly support PROT_NONE memory regions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

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

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912898

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20130219 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel: mm: thp: pmd_present and PROT_NONE local DoS

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