FKIE_CVE-2001-0907
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2001-10-18 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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