Integer overflow in the vma_to_resize function in mm/mremap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) via a crafted mremap system call that expands a memory mapping.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-06-13T10:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:00:34.021Z

Reserved: 2011-06-15T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-2496

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-13T10:24:55.873

Modified: 2023-02-13T01:19:54.693

Link: CVE-2011-2496

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2496 - Bugzilla