CVE-2011-2479

The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAP_PRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

• CWE-399

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Mar 1, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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