National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3637

Overview

The m_stop function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors that trigger an m_start error.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

Hyperlink:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747848

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747848

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120206 CVE-2011-3637 Linux kernel: proc: fix Oops on invalid /proc/<pid>/maps access

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

Hyperlink:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39