CVE-2011-1479
Published: June 21, 2012Last modified: November 10, 2023
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.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.50-r0) |
| Stream | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.50-r0) |
References
- 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