CVE-2011-2484

Publication date

2011-06-24 20:00:00

Family

redhat

State

PUBLISHED

Description

The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.39.1 and earlier does not prevent multiple registrations of exit handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application.