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CVE-2011-4097
Published: May 17, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20111031 Re: CVE request: kernel: oom: fix integer overflow of points in oom_badness
mailing-list
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
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