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CVE request -- Linux kernel: mm/hotplug: failure in propagating hot-added memory to other nodes
From: Petr Matousek <pmatouse () redhat com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:36:59 +0100
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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