Security Advisory

CVE-2011-0999

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2011-02-23 18:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-06 22:14:26

Assigner redhat

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 does not prevent creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during the existence of a temporary stack for an exec system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

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