CVE-2001-0907 (GCVE-0-2001-0907)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:37
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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