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CVE-2012-2133 Details

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6, when huge pages are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges by interacting with a hugetlbfs filesystem, as demonstrated by a umount operation that triggers improper handling of quota data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817430	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75168	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469	CVE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/24/12	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53233	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817430	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75168	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469	[email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.6	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/24/12	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53233	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.3.5 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 3, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]