VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-2496

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-06-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Integer overflow in the vma_to_resize function in mm/mremap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via a crafted mremap system call that expands a memory mapping.

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