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.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912898 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.2 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/027ef6c87853b0a9df53175063028edb4950d476 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20/4 ↗