Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2012:1061
kernel security and bug fix update
Released 2012-07-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5 +18
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5, kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5 +8
Fixes 1 record
Priority LOW 24
The epoll_ctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor cons…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.01017 · Published 2012-10-03 · Partial fix
