CVE-2011-1083 (GCVE-0-2011-1083)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-04-03 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:14
VLAI
Summary
The epoll implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier does not properly traverse a tree of epoll file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted application that makes epoll_create and epoll_ctl system calls.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/43522 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/48410 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48115 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.osvdb.org/71265 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2011-02-25 00:00
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