Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-2189
Published: October 10, 2011 / Updated: June 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92541
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2189
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2189
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2305
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/20
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629373
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/720095
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-commits-head/2009/12/8/15289
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711245
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711134
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/88217/
- http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1288-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f875bae065334907796da12523f9df85c89f5712
- http://neil.brown.name/git?p=linux-2.6%3Ba=patch%3Bh=2b035b39970740722598f7a9d548835f9bdd730f
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b035b39970740722598f7a9d548835f9bdd730f