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CVE-2005-4811

CVE-2005-4811

EPSS 0.4%
The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.
Affected products
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References
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112323336017157https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165345http://secunia.com/advisories/22292http://secunia.com/advisories/22945http://secunia.com/advisories/25714https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10976http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htmhttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20362