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Tracker / CVE-2011-1083

CVE-2011-1083

Medium 4.9

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.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.37.2
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
suse linux_enterprise_desktop
suse linux_enterprise_server

Analysis

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