CVE-2011-2183
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-06-13 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 22:53
Severity ?
Summary
Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afdPatch
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