CVE-2011-4097

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.1.8 - Denial of Service via Integer Overflow in oom_badness

Title source: llm

Description

Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8

Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0046

EPSS Percentile 36.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-190

Status published

Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.1.8

redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0

Published May 17, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026