01 Record
CVE-2012-2373
The Linux kernel before 3.4.5 on the x86 platform, when Physical Address Extension (PAE) is enabled, does not properly use the Page Middle Directory (PMD), which allows local users to cause a denial
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Linux kernel before 3.4.5 on the x86 platform, when Physical Address Extension (PAE) is enabled, does not properly use the Page Middle Directory (PMD), which allows local users to cause a denial
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 17.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-09 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2e087d9c0f7b85ff826108fbfa0c93bf03050b9f9805de4499534b3c6a00db74
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0743http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120518 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: mm: read_pmd_atomic: 32bit PAE pmd walk vs pmd_populate SMP race conditionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/18/11
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822821
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26c191788f18129af0eb32a358cdaea0c7479626
- ubuntu.comUSN-1529-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1
- marc.infoHPSBGN02970http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2