Denial Of Service (DoS)

2020-04-1001:00:28

Veracode Vulnerability Database

sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com

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

JSON

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A memory leak in the inotify_init() system call. In some cases, it could leak a group, which could allow a local, unprivileged user to eventually cause a denial of service.

CPENameOperatorVersion
kerneleq2.6.32__71.7.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__71.14.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__71.18.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__71.24.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__71.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__71.18.2.el6
kernel-rteq2.6.24.7__169.el5rt
kernel-rteq2.6.24.7__74.el5rt
kernel-rteq2.6.24.7__93.el5rt
kernel-rteq2.6.24.7__81.el5rt

Name	Operator	Version
kernel	eq	2.6.32__71.7.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__71.14.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__71.18.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__71.24.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__71.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__71.18.2.el6
kernel-rt	eq	2.6.24.7__169.el5rt
kernel-rt	eq	2.6.24.7__74.el5rt
kernel-rt	eq	2.6.24.7__93.el5rt
kernel-rt	eq	2.6.24.7__81.el5rt