Published: 24/06/2011 Updated: 27/07/2020

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 437

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.39.1 and previous versions does not prevent multiple registrations of exit handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application.

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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-4067 Rafael Dominguez Vega of MWR InfoSecurity reported an issue in the auerswald module, a driver for ...

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2011-1020 Kees Cook discovered an issue in the /proc filesystem that allows local users to gain access to sensitive process in ...

Multiple kernel flaws have been fixed ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

Multiple kernel flaws have been fixed ...

Ubuntu Security Notice 1202-1 - Dan Rosenberg discovered that several network ioctls did not clear kernel memory correctly A local user could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy Brad Spengler discovered that stack memory for new a process was not correctly calculated A local attacker could exploit this to crash ...

CWE-399 http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2011/06/16/605 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/22/2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/22/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48383 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715436 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68150 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-2310 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1204-1/

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