CVE-2008-2372

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 2, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-2372: Medium severity, CVSS 4.9 | Vulnix