Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2011-1479

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.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.