Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-131.6.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-1430712
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Mar 2011

Introduced: 24 Mar 2011

CVE-2011-2479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump-devel to version 0:2.6.32-131.6.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0928.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAP_PRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

CVSS Scores

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