fkie_cve-2011-1083
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2011-04-04 12:27
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 |
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