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. The RHSA-2011:1530 kernel update introduced an integer overflow flaw in the Linux kernel. On PowerPC systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0350
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.2_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2012-0350
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1530.html