CVE-2011-2479

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 1, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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