CVE-2011-2479 (GCVE-0-2011-2479)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-01 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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