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.

• CWE-400

• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744Broken Link
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888Broken Link
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686Broken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• 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
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43522Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48115Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48410Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48898Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48964Third Party Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/71265Broken Link
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105744Broken Link
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1105888Broken Link
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1106686Broken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• 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
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0862.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43522Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48115Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48410Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48898Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48964Third Party Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/71265Broken Link
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 4, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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