CVE-2011-4097 | BDVDB-2026-50220 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12012-05-17Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.