CVE - CVE-2011-1479

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1479	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:[oss-security] 20110411 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify memory leak URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/1 MISC:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 URL:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691793 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691793 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110321	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110321)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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