CVE-2011-0999

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-02-15
Bugzilla:
678209: CVE-2011-0999 kernel: thp: prevent hugepages during args/env copying into the user stack

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 does not prevent creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during the existence of a temporary stack for an exec system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Find out more about CVE-2011-0999 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue only affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not include upstream commit 71e3aac0 that introduced the problem. We have addressed this in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.0) (kernel) RHSA-2011:0883 2011-06-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) RHSA-2011:0542 2011-05-19

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