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CVE-2011-1474 Details

Description

A locally locally exploitable DOS vulnerability was found in pax-linux versions 2.6.32.33-test79.patch, 2.6.38-test3.patch, and 2.6.37.4-test14.patch. A bad bounds check in arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown triggered by programs doing an mmap after a MAP_GROWSDOWN mmap will create an infinite loop condition without releasing the VM semaphore eventually leading to a system crash.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/579	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1474	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/579	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1474	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-400	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	[email protected]
CWE-835	Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	2.6.32.33 test79 2.6.37.4 test14 2.6.38 test3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.32.33:test79:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37.4:test14:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:test3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 10, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]