01 Record
CVE-2011-2183
Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-13 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f11d754c76f65afcc8f5b601b02659f39b710190205b9893d18fd73e70989ec6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE request: kernel: ksm: race between ksmd and exiting taskhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b472611a32a72f4a118c069c2d62a1a3f087afd
- ftp.osuosl.orghttp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3