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Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:36:59 +0100
From: Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request -- Linux kernel: mm/hotplug: failure in propagating
hot-added memory to other nodes
A NULL pointer dereference flaw has been found in the way a new node's
hot-added memory is propagated to other nodes zonelists. An unprivileged
local user can use this flaw to crash the system.
Upstream fix:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=08dff7b7d629807dbb1f398c68dd9cd58dd657a1
References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875374
Thanks,
--
Petr Matousek / Red Hat Security Response Team
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