CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2008-2372
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.39%
Linux
Original NVD Description
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."