CVE-2011-1479

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.7 MEDIUM

4.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691793
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc	Exploit Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc5::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc6::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc7::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38:rc8::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.38.7:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2012-06-21 23:55

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:07

NVD link : CVE-2011-1479

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1479

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1479

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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