VDB
CVE-2011-1479
CVE-2011-1479
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.17% · 37.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.699999809265137
EPSS Score
0.17%
37.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.38.3, 0, 2.6.38 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc (nist-nvd)
- [oss-security] 20110411 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify memory leak (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691793 (circl)
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 (circl)
Timeline
- Jun 21, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20110411 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify memory leak mailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691793 url
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1479 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc url