CVE-2005-4811

The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.

Date published : 2006-09-22

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20362

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm