CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0907

2.1 LOW Published 2001-10-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-10-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Linux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when trying to access the link.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.2.1 <= 2.2.19) • linux linux kernel (>= 2.4.1 <= 2.4.10)

References