VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1474
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-835
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/579Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1474Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/579Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1474Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.