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CVE Reference: CVE-2011-1083 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2011-1083 |
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Description: 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. |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA43522 Secunia Advisory: SA48964 Secunia Advisory: SA48898 REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.html OSVDB 71265 MLIST http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744 CONFIRM |
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