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.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
Linux_kernel | Linux | * | 3.3.5 (including) |
Linux_kernel | Linux | 3.3 (including) | 3.3 (including) |
Linux_kernel | Linux | 3.3.1 (including) | 3.3.1 (including) |
Linux_kernel | Linux | 3.3.2 (including) | 3.3.2 (including) |
Linux_kernel | Linux | 3.3.3 (including) | 3.3.3 (including) |
Linux_kernel | Linux | 3.3.4 (including) | 3.3.4 (including) |