CVE-2011-2479
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 1, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 15, 2011
Description
The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAP_PRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) 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
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
- [oss-security] 20110620 Re: CVE request: kernel: thp: madvise on top of /dev/zero private mapping can lead to panicmailing-list
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
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