CVE-2011-1082
fs/eventpoll.c en el kernel de Linux anterior a v2.6.38 coloca descriptores de fichero epoll dentro de otra estructura de datos epoll sin comprobar correctamente para (1) bucles cerrados (2) profundidad de cadena, lo que permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (bloqueo o agotamiento de la pila de memoria) a través de una aplicación que hace epoll_create y llamadas al sistema epoll_ctl.
CVSS
- Puntuación base
- 4.9
- Versión
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días
- 0.78 %
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas
- 55
- Fecha de la puntuación
- 20/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · Linux Kernel 2.6.x - fs/eventpoll.c epoll Data Structure File Descriptor Local Denial of Service (2/3/2011)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-400
Referencias
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- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681575
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/5/220
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681575
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/5/220
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