Integer overflow in the oom_badness function in mm/oom_kill.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or process termination) by using a certain large amount of memory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-05-17T10:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:32.691Z

Reserved: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-4097

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-17T11:00:32.303

Modified: 2023-02-13T01:21:27.080

Link: CVE-2011-4097

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4097 - Bugzilla