Skip to content
CVE Tracker
Back

CVE-2011-1083

The epoll implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier does not properly traverse a tree of epoll file descriptors, which…

Medium4.9EPSS 0.80%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2011-1083, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.80% · top 44% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

Loading the EPSS history…

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

Affected products

  • n/a

    • affected n/a

References (15)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

Record last updated .