CVE-2011-1083

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 4, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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