ELSA-2012-2025 Important: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security update
Description
The epoll_ctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that attempts to create a circular epoll dependency. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1083.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware
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