CVE-2011-3209

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

Publication date:

03/10/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

4.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::-:::::x86:		2.6.25.20 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732878
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732878
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d