CVE-2011-4621

The Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a certain clock-update optimization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that executes code in a loop.

• CWE-835

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37Broken Link
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/6Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769711Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37Broken Link
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/21/6Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769711Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f26f9aff6aaf67e9a430d16c266f91b13a5bff64Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

May 17, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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