CVE-2009-3888
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 16, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 5, 2009
Description
The do_mmap_pgoff function in mm/nommu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.6, when the CPU lacks a memory management unit, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an application that attempts to allocate a large amount of memory.
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
- [oss-security] 20091113 Re: CVE request - kernel: NOMMU: Dont pass NULL pointers to fput() in do_mmap_pgoff()mailing-list
- USN-864-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20091109 CVE request - kernel: NOMMU: Dont pass NULL pointers to fput() in do_mmap_pgoff()mailing-list
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.6
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89a8640279f8bb78aaf778d1fc5c4a6778f18064
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