Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 does not prevent creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during the existence of a temporary stack for an exec system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was published 02/23/2011 by Andrea Arcangeli as Bug 678209 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-0999 since 02/14/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1801 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 54590 (RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0542)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119281 (Red Hat Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Kernel (RHSA-2011:0542)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65535), Tenable (54590), SecurityFocus (BID 46442†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31581†). Similar entry is available at VDB-57526.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 54590
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0542)
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OpenVAS ID: 870685
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 kernel RHSA-2011:0542-01
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: a7d6e4ecdb7648478ddec76d30d87d03d6e22b31

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03/20/2015 +1391 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: Bug 678209
Researcher: Andrea Arcangeli
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0999 (🔍)
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X-Force: 65535
SecurityFocus: 46442 - Linux Kernel Transparent Hugepages Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 31581 - Linux Kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 mm/huge_memory.c Local Denial of Service via a THP Creation, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM
Updated: 10/17/2021 07:01 PM
Changes: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM (61), 03/23/2017 07:36 AM (14), 10/17/2021 06:53 PM (4), 10/17/2021 07:01 PM (1)
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