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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43522 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2 ↗
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48410 ↗
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48115 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.html ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/71265 ↗