CVE-2009-3888

Description

The do_mmap_pgoff function in mm/nommu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.6, when the CPU lacks a memory management unit, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an application that attempts to allocate a large amount of memory.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/09/2

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.6

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89a8640279f8bb78aaf778d1fc5c4a6778f18064

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3