fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 places epoll file descriptors within other epoll data structures without properly checking for (1) closed loops or (2) deep chains, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock or stack memory consumption) via a crafted application that makes epoll_create and epoll_ctl system calls.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681575 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 | Broken Link |
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/5/220 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e |
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Information
Published : 2011-04-04 05:27
Updated : 2023-02-12 17:18
NVD link : CVE-2011-1082
Mitre link : CVE-2011-1082
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel