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CVE-2011-1593
Multiple integer overflows in the next_pidmap function in kernel/pid.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.4 allow local users to cause a…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.57%
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- redhat
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the next_pidmap function in kernel/pid.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38.4 allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted (1) getdents or (2) readdir system call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.57% · top 53% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- USN-1146-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697822 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0927 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- kernel-nextpidmap-dos(66876) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110419 CVE request -- kernel: proc: signedness issue in next_pidmap() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c78193e9c7bcbf25b8237ad0dec82f805c4ea69b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8bdc59f215e62098bc5b4256fd9928bf27053a1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20110418 Re: Kernel panic (NULL ptr deref?) in find_ge_pid()/next_pidmap() (via sys_getdents or sys_readdir) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 47497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1025420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110420 Re: CVE request -- kernel: proc: signedness issue in next_pidmap() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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