Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24793Denial Of Service (DoS)
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The kernel packages is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS).It was found that an mmap() call with the MAP_PRIVATE flag on “/dev/zero” would create transparent hugepages and trigger a certain robustness check. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
References
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0928
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0928
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
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