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CVE-2011-1083

CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (0th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 6
Advisories 21
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2011-04-04 12:27:57
(13 years ago)
Updated Date
2020-08-12 16:46:41
(4 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Redhat

Suse

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 2.6.37.2 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 2.6.37.2

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1
  Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2
  Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 For cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:-
  Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for Vmware cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware
  Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 For cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-
  Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for Vmware cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0