CVE ID:	CVE-2011-2479
Description:	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.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2479 [oss-security] 20110620 Re: CVE request: kernel: thp: madvise on top of /dev/zero private mapping can lead to panic http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/14 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 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 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714761 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78f11a255749d09025f54d4e2df4fbcb031530e2