Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20114097000
Revision Date:2012-05-17Version:1
Title:CVE-2011-4097 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.
Description: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. A bug was discovered in the Linux kernel's calculation of OOM (Out of memory) scores, that would result in the wrong process being killed. A user could use this to kill the process with the highest OOM score, even if that process belongs to another user or the system.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2011-4097
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.2.0-7.13').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-trusty' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.13.0-24.46~precise1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-ti-omap4' package in precise is not affected (note: '3.2.0-1405.7').
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