CVE-2008-2372
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2367)
- Published
- July 2, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2367 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
- http://new-ubuntu-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/re-pending-stable-kernel-security_25.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0804.3/3203.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43550
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9383
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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