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.

• CWE-400

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681575Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/5/220Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38Broken Link
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681575Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/5/220Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 4, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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