CVE-2005-4811
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 22, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 22, 2006
Description
The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10976vdb-entrysignature
- 22292third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2006:0689vendor-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- [linux-kernel] 20050805 [PATCH] Fix hugepage crash on failing mmap()mailing-list
- 22945third-party-advisory
- DSA-1304vendor-advisory
- 25714third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165345
- 20362vdb-entry
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