kernel: request_module() OOM local DoS

The requestmodule function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted application...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4398

The requestmodule function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted application...