CVSS 3.1
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2011-4097
Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 39% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-190
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
- redhat:enterprise_linux
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8