CVE-2011-2498

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 0.39 % · percentile 33 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2020-02-20
Updated: 2024-08-06
Assigner: redhat
NVD status: Modified

Description

The Linux kernel from v2.3.36 before v2.6.39 allows local unprivileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering creation of PTE pages.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-772

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2011-2485
GCVE · GCVE-0-2011-2498

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 2.3.36 < 2.6.39
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Linux kernel	affected v2.3.36 before v2.6.39

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD