CVE-2011-2491

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0 kernel-kdumppae (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system hang, via a specific system call. Additionally, multiple vulnerabilities in the kernel-kdumppae package of the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system can lead to disruption of protected information availability, and these vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0, update to version 3.0 or later to resolve the issue. For kernel-kdumppae, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.