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Bug 401619 (CVE-2011-2183) - Kernel: linux >= 2.6.39.1 Race condition within the "scan_get_next_rmap_item()" function (CVE-2011-2183)
Summary: Kernel: linux >= 2.6.39.1 Race condition within the "scan_get_next_rmap_item...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: CVE-2011-2183
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Security
URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/44754/
Whiteboard: [linux >= 2.6.39.1]
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Reported: 2012-01-31 10:33 UTC by Michael Harrison
Modified: 2018-04-04 18:06 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Harrison 2012-01-31 10:33:04 UTC 
A race condition within the "scan_get_next_rmap_item()" function in mm/ksm.c and can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 2.6.39.1

Fixed in version version 2.6.39.3 and 2.6.35.14

Original Advisory:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/1/742

This may be old, but wanted to update for tracking purposes if nothing else.
Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2018-04-04 18:06:07 UTC 
There are no longer any 2.x kernels available in the repository with the exception of sys-kernel/xbox-sources which is unsupported by security.