CVE-2011-2496
N/A
Published: June 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/2x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/982134ba62618c2d69fbbbd166d0a11ee3b7e3d8Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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