CVE-2011-2496

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39 kernel-kdumppae (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the Linux kernel, specifically in the vma to resize function in mm/mremap.c, which can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. Additionally, there are multiple vulnerabilities in the kernel-kdumppae package of SUSE Linux Enterprise that can be exploited remotely, potentially leading to a disruption of protected information.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39, update to version 2.6.39 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.