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kernel-rt: denial of service

Package(s):kernel-rt CVE #(s):CVE-2012-4398
Created:September 20, 2012 Updated:October 3, 2013
Description:

From the Red Hat advisory:

It was found that a deadlock could occur in the Out of Memory (OOM) killer. A process could trigger this deadlock by consuming a large amount of memory, and then causing request_module() to be called. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (excessive memory consumption).

Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1282-01 2012-09-19
Mageia MGASA-2013-0010 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0009 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0011 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0012 2013-01-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0016 2013-01-24
Red Hat RHSA-2013:0223-01 2013-02-05
CentOS CESA-2013:0223 2013-02-06
Oracle ELSA-2013-0223 2013-02-06
Scientific Linux SL-kern-20130206 2013-02-06
Oracle ELSA-2013-2503 2013-02-07
Oracle ELSA-2013-2507 2013-02-28
Oracle ELSA-2013-1034 2013-07-10
Red Hat RHSA-2013:1348-01 2013-09-30
Oracle ELSA-2013-1348 2013-10-02
Oracle ELSA-2013-1348 2013-10-02

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