PT-2011-4844 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2011-10-31 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-4097

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1.8

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the oom badness function, which can cause a denial of service. This can result in memory consumption or process termination when a large amount of memory is used.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.8, update to version 3.1.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4097

RHSA-2012:0333

USN-1363-1

USN-1364-1

USN-1380-1

USN-1384-1

USN-1386-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1363-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4097 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4097 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1380-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1386-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4097 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1384-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4097 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1364-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/31/138 · Note