CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-0999
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-02-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 does not prevent creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during the existence of a temporary stack for an exec system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.38)
• linux linux kernel 2.6.38
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7d6e4ecdb7648478ddec76d30d87d03d6e22b31 git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46442 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678209 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65535 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7d6e4ecdb7648478ddec76d30d87d03d6e22b31 git.kernel.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46442 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678209 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65535 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry