Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 26, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1474
CVE-2011-1474
Description
A locally locally exploitable DOS vulnerability was found in pax-linux versions 2.6.32.33-test79.patch, 2.6.38-test3.patch, and 2.6.37.4-test14.patch. A bad bounds check in arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown triggered by programs doing an mmap after a MAP_GROWSDOWN mmap will create an infinite loop condition without releasing the VM semaphore eventually leading to a system crash.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.32.33:test79:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.32.33:test79:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37.4:test14:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:test3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.6.32.33-test79.patch, 2.6.38-test3.patch, and 2.6.37.4-test14.patch
- pax-linux/pax-linuxdescription
Patches
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References
2- seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q1/579nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1474nvdThird Party Advisory
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