CVE-2012-3375
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3375
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-3375.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-3375
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:13:00.955401Z
- Published
- 2012-10-03T11:02:56Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:13:00.955401Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The epollctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLLCTL_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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/51164
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13d518074a952d33d47c428419693f63389547e9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837502
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=13d518074a952d33d47c428419693f63389547e9
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/04/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027237
- https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100165733