{"id":"CVE-2012-3375","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:22.729719Z","published":"2012-10-03T11:02:56Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51164"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13d518074a952d33d47c428419693f63389547e9"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837502"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=13d518074a952d33d47c428419693f63389547e9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.24"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/04/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027237"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100165733"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}