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CVE-2011-2496

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Date: June 13, 2012

Integer overflow in the vma_to_resize function in mm/mremap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via a crafted mremap system call that expands a memory mapping.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/982134ba62618c2d69fbbbd166d0a11ee3b7e3d8
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2496
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2496
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2496
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716538
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=982134ba62618c2d69fbbbd166d0a11ee3b7e3d8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2496

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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