CVE-2011-4621

Published: May 17, 2012

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a certain clock-update optimization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that executes code in a loop.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

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[oss-security] 20111221 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: tight loop and no preemption can cause system stall

mailing-list

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769711

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64

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CVE-2011-4621

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