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Vulnerability details: VCID-697d-c9xu-jkaf
Vulnerability ID VCID-697d-c9xu-jkaf
Aliases CVE-2011-2479
Summary kernel: thp: madvise on top of /dev/zero private mapping can lead to panic
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
epss 0.00061 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
cvssv2 4.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2479
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2479
Reference id Reference type URL
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-2479.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2479
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14
714761 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2011-2479 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2479
RHSA-2011:0928 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0928
USN-1167-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1167-1/
USN-1256-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1256-1/
USN-1281-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1281-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2479
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2479
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.19228
EPSS Score 0.00061
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:56:41.630711+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-2479.json 38.0.0