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CVE-2011-2479

Date: March 1, 2013

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2479
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2479
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2479
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2479

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
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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