CVE-2011-2183
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 13, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 31, 2011
Description
Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE request: kernel: ksm: race between ksmd and exiting taskmailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3
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