SB2005123106 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel

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SB2005123106 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel

Published: December 31, 2005

Security Bulletin ID SB2005123106
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-4811)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References