CVE-2011-3209

Published: Oct 3, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

The div_long_long_rem implementation in include/asm-x86/div64.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 on the x86 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (Divide Error Fault and panic) via a clock_gettime system call.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 2.6.25.20

Related CWEs

CWE-189

References (10)

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732878

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26