CVE

Id
32489  
CVE No.
CVE-2008-2372  
Status
Candidate  
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."  
Phase
Assigned (20080521)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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