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CVE Reference: CVE-2011-2479 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2011-2479 |
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Description: The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAP_PRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application. |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14 CONFIRM http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2 |
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