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FKIE_CVE-2011-2183

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-06-13 10:24 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:30

Severity

Summary

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

References

URL	Tags
secalert@redhat.com	http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3
secalert@redhat.com	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/1
secalert@redhat.com	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338
secalert@redhat.com	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.39.1

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CVE-2011-2183 (GCVE-0-2011-2183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-13 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:53

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b472611…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Chang…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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CVE-2011-2183 (GCVE-0-2011-2183)

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