Published: 09/08/2012 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.9

VMScore: 357

Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The Linux kernel prior to 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.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant secur ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

CWE-362 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822821 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/18/11 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0743 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/1532-1/

CVE-2012-2373

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