Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:3.2.22-35.60.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELTOOLS-1664892
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Apr 2011

Introduced: 4 Apr 2011

CVE-2011-1083  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-tools to version 0:3.2.22-35.60.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-100.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The epoll implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier does not properly traverse a tree of epoll file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted application that makes epoll_create and epoll_ctl system calls.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1