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.
CVE-2011-4097
Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 36.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 17, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750399
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56c6a8a4aadca809e04276eabe5552935c51387f
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-3.0.0-1207-omap4 (3.0.0-1207.16) @ oneiric | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-2.6.38-13-powerpc-smp (2.6.38-13.56) @ natty | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic-pae (3.0.0-16.29~lucid1) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic (3.0.0-16.28) @ oneiric | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic (2.6.38-13.56~lucid1) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:3.0.18-rt34.53.el6rt | 2012-02-23 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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- Red HatRHSA-2012:0333MODERATE2011-10-31
RHSA-2012:0333 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-1363-1LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1364-1LOW
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1380-1LOW
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1384-1LOW
Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1386-1LOW
Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
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