Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2008-2372

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."

  • Published: Jul 2, 2008
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2008-2372
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.9
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.5 2.6.25.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.3 2.6.25.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.24 2.6.24.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.8 2.6.25.8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.1 2.6.25.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.4 2.6.25.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25 2.6.25.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.2 2.6.25.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.7 2.6.25.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25.6 2.6.25.6.x