CVE-2011-3637
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Downstream
Modified
Published: 17 May 2012, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 23:37
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
17 May 2012, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 23:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 20%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- linux•linux_kernel
< 2.6.39
- redhat•enterprise_linux
6.0
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747848
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723
- 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%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723