CVE-2013-0309

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.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20/4

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

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

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0