CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1593
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-05-03
- 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-190
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the next_pidmap function in kernel/pid.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.4 allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted (1) getdents or (2) readdir system call.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.38.4)
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux aus 5.6
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux eus 5.6
• redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c78193e9c7bcbf25b8237ad0dec82f805c4ea69b git.kernel.org
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8bdc59f215e62098bc5b4256fd9928bf27053a1 git.kernel.org
- http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg/4a28ecb7f755a88d?dmode=source Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/19/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44164 Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025420 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47497 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697822 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c78193e9c7bcbf25b8237ad0dec82f805c4ea69b git.kernel.org
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8bdc59f215e62098bc5b4256fd9928bf27053a1 git.kernel.org
- http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg/4a28ecb7f755a88d?dmode=source Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/19/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/20/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44164 Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025420 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47497 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697822 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry