** Description changed: - There is a use after free bug in the kernel hugetlb code. The bug can - allow an authenticated, unprivileged local attacker to crash the system - (and possibly gain higher privileges) if huge pages are enabled in the - system. + Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6, when huge + pages are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service + (system crash) or possibly gain privileges by interacting with a + hugetlbfs filesystem, as demonstrated by a umount operation that + triggers improper handling of quota data. Break-Fix: - 90481622d75715bfcb68501280a917dbfe516029
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