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CVE-2011-1479

CVSS v2.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (17th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 5
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Double free vulnerability in the inotify subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving failed attempts to create files. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-4250.

Weaknesses
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2012-06-21 23:55:02
(12 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-11-07 02:07:01
(10 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.8 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 2.6.38.8
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc1
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc2
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc3
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc4 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc4
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc5
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc6 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc6
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc7 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc7
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38 Rc8 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc8
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.1
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.2
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.3
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.4 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.4
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.5
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.6 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.6
  Linux Kernel 2.6.38.7 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.7