Bug 401619 (CVE-2011-2183)

Summary:	Kernel: linux >= 2.6.39.1 Race condition within the "scan_get_next_rmap_item()" function (CVE-2011-2183)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Michael Harrison <n0idx80>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://secunia.com/advisories/44754/
Whiteboard:	[linux >= 2.6.39.1]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.