CVE-2011-1479 | BDVDB-2026-50643 Detail
Description#
Double free vulnerability in the inotify subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving failed attempts to create files. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-4250.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691793
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.