CVE-2011-2496

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-06-13

Description


Integer overflow in the vma_to_resize function in mm/mremap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via a crafted mremap system call that expands a memory mapping.

See more information about CVE-2011-2496 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 4.9 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2011-13862011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20292011-10-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-13862011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-200.20.1.el5uek)ELSA-2011-20292011-10-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-13862011-10-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2011-13502011-10-05
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20292011-10-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-200.20.1.el6uek)ELSA-2011-20292011-10-07



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