CVE-2011-1083
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-04-03 01:00
Modified
2024-08-06 22:14
Severity ?
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43522Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48115Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48410Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48898Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48964Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/71265Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/43522Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48115Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48410Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48898Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48964Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/71265Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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