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

The Linux kernel prior to 2.6.37 does not properly implement a certain clock-update optimization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that executes code in a loop.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and various bugs arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security im ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

Multiple kernel flaws ...

Multiple kernel flaws have been fixed ...

CWE-835 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769711 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/6 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1849 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/1394-1/

CVE-2011-4621

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