kernel: denial of service
| Package(s): | kernel | CVE #(s): | CVE-2011-2479 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created: | July 14, 2011 | Updated: | July 20, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Scientific Linux advisory: It was found that an mmap() call with the MAP_PRIVATE flag on "/dev/zero" would create transparent hugepages and trigger a certain robustness check. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2479, Moderate) | ||||||||||||||||||
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