CVE-2011-1474

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1474
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-26 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-10 19:18:00 UTC
DescriptionA locally locally exploitable DOS vulnerability was found in pax-linux versions 2.6.32.33-test79.patch, 2.6.38-test3.patch, and 2.6.37.4-test14.patch. A bad bounds check in arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown triggered by programs doing an mmap after a MAP_GROWSDOWN mmap will create an infinite loop condition without releasing the VM semaphore eventually leading to a system crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.33 test79 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.37.4 test14 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.38 test3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.33 test79 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.37.4 test14 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.38 test3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2011-1474 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Security advisory: local DOS attack affecting non updated PaX patched kernels. MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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