The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
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Information
Published : 2012-05-17 04:00
Updated : 2023-02-12 16:23
NVD link : CVE-2012-0879
Mitre link : CVE-2012-0879
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CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
suse
- linux_enterprise_desktop
- linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension
- linux_enterprise_server
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
debian
- debian_linux