Published: 17/05/2012 Updated: 13/02/2023

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

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 437

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

Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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redhat enterprise linux 6.0

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and variousbugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 21The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

CWE-190 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0333 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/1363-1/

CVE-2011-4097

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