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ghsa-qwrg-2m8j-ppj3

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:25

Modified

2022-05-13 01:25

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

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.

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CVE-2011-2479 (GCVE-0-2011-2479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2013-03-01 11:00

Modified

2024-08-06 23:00

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

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.

References

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	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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