CVE-2011-2484

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel version 2.6.39.1 and earlier kernel-kdumppae (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, consuming memory and CPU, and bypass the OOM Killer via a crafted application. Additionally, multiple vulnerabilities in the kernel-kdumppae package of SUSE Linux Enterprise may lead to disruption of protected information availability, potentially exploitable remotely.

Recommendations For Linux kernel version 2.6.39.1 and earlier: update to a version that prevents multiple registrations of exit handlers in the add del listener function. For kernel-kdumppae: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.