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CVE-2011-2183

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6...

4.0 MediumPublic exploitFix available

CVE-2011-2183 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Linux Kernel, published October 6, 2011. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in linux-2.6 2.6.32-39squeeze1.

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Exploit likelihood

0.54%Down 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.0

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Record
CVE-2011-2183
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Record
CVE-2011-2183
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-2175 No score

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Record
EUVD-2011-2175
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cx72-f838-ppm8 No score

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6...

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Record
GHSA-cx72-f838-ppm8
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0652-1 No score

Security update for Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 Teradata kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues.

Following security issues were fixed:

CVE-2011-1083: Limit the path length users can build using epoll() to avoid local attackers consuming lots of kernel CPU time.

CVE-2011-4086: Fixed a oops in jbd/jbd2 that could be caused by specific filesystem access patterns.

CVE-2011-4622: KVM: Prevent starting PIT timers in the absence of irqchip support.

CVE-2012-0045: KVM: Extend 'struct x86_emulate_ops' with 'get_cpuid' and fix missing checks in syscall emulation.

CVE-2012-0879: Fix io_context leak after clone with CLONE_IO.

CVE-2012-1090: Fixed a dentry refcount leak in the CIFS file system that could lead to a crash on unmount.

CVE-2012-1097: The regset common infrastructure assumed that regsets would always have .get and .set methods, but necessarily .active methods. Unfortunately people have since written regsets without .set method, so NULL pointer dereference attacks were possible.

Following non-security issues were fixed:

* SCSI inquiry doesn't return data on SLES 11-SP1 Xen VMs (bnc#745929).
* FC transport driver killing off the timers/work queues (bnc#734300).
* The driver ixgbevf doesn't work on newer SLES 11-SP1 kernels
  (bnc#752972).
* Pack sparsemem memmap sections closer together and in higher zones
  (bnc#743870).

Following feature was implemented:

* The megaraid_sas driver update to version 5.40-LSI (bnc#736813).

Security Issues:

* CVE-2011-1083
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1083>
* CVE-2011-4086
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4086>
* CVE-2011-4622
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4622>
* CVE-2012-0045
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0045>
* CVE-2012-0879
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0879>
* CVE-2012-1090
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1090>
* CVE-2012-1097
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1097>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2011-2183 No score

Race condition in the scan_get_next_rmap_item function in mm/ksm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3, when Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2183
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
linux-2.6
Debian:6.0
before 2.6.32-39squeeze1, plus listed versions
2.6.32-302.6.32-30+m68k.52.6.32-312.6.32-31~bpo50+12.6.32-32
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2.6.32-332.6.32-342.6.32-34squeeze12.6.32-352.6.32-35squeeze12.6.32-35squeeze22.6.32-35~bpo50+12.6.32-362.6.32-372.6.32-382.6.32-39
2.6.32-39squeeze1
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-bootwrapper
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-firmware
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6
kernel-rt
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-firmware
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-trace
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-trace-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-vanilla
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-vanilla-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
kernel-rt-vanilla-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6
before 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt
0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBLinux Kernel 2.6.x - KSM Local Denial of Service2011-06-02

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03affected
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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