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cve[email protected]CVE-2012-3375
HistoryOct 03, 2012 - 11:02 a.m.

CVE-2012-3375

2012-10-0311:02:00
NVD-CWE-Other
web.nvd.nist.gov
50
cve-2012-3375
linux kernel
denial of service
vulnerability
nvd
epoll_ctl
system call

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.9%

The epoll_ctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that attempts to create a circular epoll dependency. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1083.

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.9%