CVE-2011-4097

Description

Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.

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: 0.08%• Percentile: 23%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-190•Integer Overflow or Wraparound

  The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.

Affected Systems

• linux•linux_kernel

  < 3.1.8

• redhat•enterprise_linux

  6.0

References (4)

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f