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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71792
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1508-1 (linux-image-3.2.0-1416-omap4)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to linux-image-3.2.0-1416-omap4
announced via advisory USN-1508-1.

Details:

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's memory subsystem (hugetlb).
An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (crash the system).

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
linux-image-3.2.0-1416-omap4 3.2.0-1416.22

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1508-1

CVSS Score:
4.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2390
USN-1515-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1515-1
USN-1535-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1
[oss-security] 20120523 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: huge pages: memory leak on mmap failure
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/14
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824345
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c50ac050811d6485616a193eb0f37bfbd191cc89
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