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CVE-2011-1593

Date: May 3, 2011

Multiple integer overflows in the next_pidmap function in kernel/pid.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.4 allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted (1) getdents or (2) readdir system call.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (17)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66876
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47497
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697822
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/19/1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1593
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-1593
http://secunia.com/advisories/44164
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025420
http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg/4a28ecb7f755a88d?dmode=source
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c78193e9c7bcbf25b8237ad0dec82f805c4ea69b
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1593
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8bdc59f215e62098bc5b4256fd9928bf27053a1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-1593

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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