CVE-2011-1479 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-1479

Double free vulnerability in the inotify subsystem in the Linux...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.6.38, 2.6.38.1, 2.6.38.2, 2.6.38.3, 2.6.38.4, 2.6.38.5, 2.6.38.6, 2.6.38.7

Timeline

Official Publish: June 21st, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.