CVE-2011-3637

medium

Description

The m_stop function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors that trigger an m_start error.

References

Advisories
More

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747848

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/06/1

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76597cd31470fa130784c78fadb4dab2e624a723

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-05-17

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H