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CVE-2011-2479

CVSS v3.1 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 5
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The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAP_PRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

Weaknesses
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2013-03-01 12:37:53
(11 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:31:05
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 2.6.39 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 2.6.39