CVE-2011-0999

Bug #785972 reported by Herton R. Krzesinski
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Declined for Dapper by Brad Figg
Declined for Karmic by Brad Figg
Hardy
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Natty
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Oneiric
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Dapper by Brad Figg
Declined for Karmic by Brad Figg
Hardy
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Dapper by Brad Figg
Declined for Karmic by Brad Figg
Hardy
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Lucid
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Dapper by Brad Figg
Declined for Karmic by Brad Figg
Hardy
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Declined for Dapper by Brad Figg
Declined for Karmic by Brad Figg
Hardy
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Natty
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Oneiric
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

thp: prevent hugepages during args/env copying into the user stack

Transparent hugepages can only be created if rmap is fully
functional. So we must prevent hugepages to be created while
is_vma_temporary_stack() is true.

This also optmizes away some harmless but unnecessary setting of
khugepaged_scan.address and it switches some BUG_ON to VM_BUG_ON.

CVE References

tags: added: kernel-cve-tracking-bug
security vulnerability: no → yes
Revision history for this message
Herton R. Krzesinski (herton) wrote :

thp is only present from 2.6.38-rc1 onwards

description: updated
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Herton R. Krzesinski (herton) wrote :

Fix released with 2.6.38-rc5

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Released
Paolo Pisati (p-pisati)
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Paolo Pisati (p-pisati)
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Paolo Pisati (p-pisati) wrote :

fix already present

Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Invalid → Fix Released
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Invalid → Fix Released
Andy Whitcroft (apw)
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Won't Fix
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