The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-22T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.194Z

Reserved: 2006-09-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-4811

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:30:31.437

Link: CVE-2005-4811

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-4811 - Bugzilla