CVE - CVE-2011-4097

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-4097	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:[oss-security] 20111031 Re: CVE request: kernel: oom: fix integer overflow of points in oom_badness URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20111018	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20111018)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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