VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-2133
CVSS score4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-07-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
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.