4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A flaw was found in the Linux kernelβs CPU time clocks implementation for the POSIX clock interface. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.5_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0004
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194
secunia.com/advisories/42789
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0004
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264