CVE-2011-1083
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 3, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 24, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [linux-kernel] 20110226 Re: [PATCH] optimize epoll loop detectionmailing-list
- 43522third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:0554vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110302 Re: CVE request: kernel: Multiple DoS issues in epollmailing-list
- [linux-kernel] 20110228 Re: [PATCH] optimize epoll loop detectionmailing-list
- 48898third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578
- 48410third-party-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20110225 [PATCH] optimize epoll loop detectionmailing-list
- 48964third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110301 CVE request: kernel: Multiple DoS issues in epollmailing-list
- SUSE-SU-2012:0616vendor-advisory
- 48115third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2012:0862vendor-advisory
- 71265vdb-entry
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