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CVE-2011-4097

Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.

Published

2012-05-17T11:00:32.303

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-190

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.1.8	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	6.0	Yes

References

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)