Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f
Source: MITRE
Published: 2012-05-17
Updated: 2020-07-29
Type: CWE-190
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM