CVE-2011-1479 EXPLOIT
4.7
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 56)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.7 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.8% — more likely to be exploited than 56% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-06-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'inotify_init1()' Double-Free Local Denial of Service | 2011-04-11 |
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
- 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
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