Unscored CVE-2002-1963 EUVD-2002-1942GHSA-95gp-rrqv-44f3

Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets root's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (r…

Published Jun 28, 2005 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets root's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by opening 10 setuid binaries.

References

20020708 Re: Linux kernels DoSable by file-max limit mailing-list
20020707 Linux kernels DoSable by file-max limit mailing-list
5178 vdb-entry
linux-file-limit-dos(9515) vdb-entry