CVE-2011-1083

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-04-04

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.

See more information about CVE-2011-1083 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0150	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0150-1	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2026	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.29.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2026	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.0.0.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-0150-1	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.el5)	ELSA-2012-0150	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-300.29.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2012-2026	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.0.0.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-0150-1	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.el5)	ELSA-2012-0150	2012-03-01
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-0862	2012-06-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2012-2026	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.29.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2026	2012-07-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-300.29.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2012-2026	2012-07-17

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