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CVE-2011-1474
Published: Dec 26, 2019
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
A locally locally exploitable DOS vulnerability was found in pax-linux versions 2.6.32.33-test79.patch, 2.6.38-test3.patch, and 2.6.37.4-test14.patch. A bad bounds check in arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown triggered by programs doing an mmap after a MAP_GROWSDOWN mmap will create an infinite loop condition without releasing the VM semaphore eventually leading to a system crash.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1474
x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/579
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