Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10976
Revision Date:2013-04-29Version:11
Title:The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.
Description:The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2005-4811
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • OR CentOS Linux 4.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 4.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel-largesmp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel-largesmp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
  • OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
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