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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE request: kernel: oom: use pte pages in OOM
From:       Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas () redhat ! com>
Date:       2011-06-28 4:57:28
Message-ID: 4E095F26.30008 () redhat ! com
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On 06/28/2011 09:32 AM, Eugene Teo wrote:
> PTE pages are invisible memory user. A local, unprivileged user could
> leverage this flaw to trigger a denial of service. AFAIK, this was
> introduced in a63d83f427f (v2.6.36-rc1), fixed in f755a042d (v2.6.39-rc6).
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/linus/a63d83f427f
> http://git.kernel.org/linus/f755a042d
> 

Assigned CVE-2011-2498


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Huzaifa Sidhpurwala / Red Hat Security Response Team
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