CVE-2012-2390: linux linux_kernel Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-2390 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in linux linux_kernel. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 13-06-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Memory leak in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via invalid MAP_HUGETLB mmap operations.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.52% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundLinux
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu12 products
- linux< 3.11.0-12.19 | < 4.2.0-16.19
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1002.2 | < 4.4.0-1001.10
- linux-gke< 4.4.0-1003.3
- linux-goldfish< 3.4.0-4.27
- linux-hwe< 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1
Debian1 product
- linux< 3.2.19-1
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≤ 3.4.1 | 3.4 | 3.4:rc1 | 3.4:rc2 | 3.4:rc3 | 3.4:rc4 | 3.4:rc5 | 3.4:rc6 | 3.4:rc7
3 vendors · 14 products
References
19 links- git.kernel.orgX Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824345X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2X Refsource CONFIRM
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89X Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch
