CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-3637
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
The m_stop function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors that trigger an m_start error.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.39)
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723 git.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747848 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723 git.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747848 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723 Patch, Third Party Advisory