Home News New Kernel Vulnerability Affects Ubuntu 12.04 LTS By Marius Nestor July 24, 2012 The CVE-2012-2390 vulnerability is actually an error discovered in the Linux kernel’s memory subsystem (hugetlb), which could allow unprivileged local users to exploit it and to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) attack by crashing the system. Complete Story Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Previous articleLinux Mint 13 now in KDE, XFCE flavours Next articleLinux will play games as well as they perform under Windows Get the Free Newsletter! Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis Email Address By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Subscribe Must Read Security 20 Best Linux Password Managers in 2024 Blog Wine 9.0: Run Windows Apps and Games on Linux Security Cloud Active Defense: Open-Source Cloud Protection Developer How to Install Sails.js Framework on Ubuntu 22.04 Developer How to Install Magento 2 on Ubuntu 24.04