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CVE-2012-3375

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 1.02% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-10-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2012-3375
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
1.02%
Linux

Original NVD Description

The epoll_ctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that attempts to create a circular epoll dependency. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1083.