Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-4811
Published: December 31, 2005 / Updated: October 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95597
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-4811
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-4811
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112323336017157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165345
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10976