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CVE-2011-4097 json

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 ca…

published 2012-05-17 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4048

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.1.8
  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 2 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 2 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 2 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-firmware enterprise mrg 2 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 enterprise mrg 2 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0333

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4097 updated cvss 4.9

kernel: oom_badness() integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0333
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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References

Sources

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