Bug 374631 (CVE-2011-2484)

Summary:	Kernel: DoS (CVE-2011-2484)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	n0idx80
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	[ linux < 2.6.39.1 ]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2011-07-10 01:15:45 UTC

CVE-2011-2484 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2484):
  The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel
  2.6.39.1 and earlier does not prevent multiple registrations of exit
  handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory and
  CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application.

Comment 1 Michael Harrison 2012-01-31 11:31:04 UTC

*** Bug 385933 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-04-04 17:33:37 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.