What is CVE-2011-2479?

CVE-2011-2479 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2011-2479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-2479?

CVE-2011-2479 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-2479?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-2479. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-2479 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-2479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-2479

Medium

The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAP_PRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-03-01

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2011-2479 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2011-2479 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Ftp
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-2479

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2013-03-01

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2479?

CVE-2011-2479 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2011-2479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-2479?

CVE-2011-2479 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-2479?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-2479. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-2479 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-2479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.