Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel
CVE-2011-1082
fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 places epoll file descriptors within other epoll data structures without properly checking for (1) closed loops or (2) deep chains, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock or stack memory consumption) via a crafted application that makes epoll_create and epoll_ctl system calls.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/5/220 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 (Broken Link)