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CVE-2011-3637

Date: May 17, 2012

The m_stop function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors that trigger an m_start error.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3637

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747848

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/1

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

Url: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-3637

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3637

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-3637

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
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:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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