Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2012:0150
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 kernel update
Released 2012-02-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-308.el5, kernel-2.6.18-308.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.el5 +14
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-2.6.18-308.el5, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.el5, kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-308.el5 +6
Fixes 1 record
Priority LOW 24
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 applica…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.00795 · Published 2011-04-03 · Partial fix CWE-400
