CVE-2011-1083

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.
References
Link Resource
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744 Broken Link
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888 Broken Link
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2 Mailing List Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43522 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48115 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48410 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/71265 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744 Broken Link
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888 Broken Link
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2 Mailing List Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43522 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48115 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48410 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48964 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/71265 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2011-04-04 12:27

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51


NVD link : CVE-2011-1083

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1083

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1083


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_server

suse

  • linux_enterprise_desktop
  • linux_enterprise_server

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption