CVE-2011-0999
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 23, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 14, 2011
Description
mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 does not prevent creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during the existence of a temporary stack for an exec system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20110217 CVE request - kernel: thp: prevent hugepages during args/env copying into the user stackmailing-list
- 46442vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7d6e4ecdb7648478ddec76d30d87d03d6e22b31
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678209
- [oss-security] 20110217 Re: CVE request - kernel: thp: prevent hugepages during args/env copying into the user stackmailing-list
- kernel-hugepages-dos(65535)vdb-entry
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