Linux Kernel event Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Linux kernel 2.6.x
Description:
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Cve id: CVE-2011-2918

Linux Kernel is the Kernel of the Linux operating system.

Linux Kernel has a local denial of service vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability through a special application to cause a Kernel crash.

This vulnerability is caused by an error in handling software event overflow.

<* Source: Vince Weaver

Link: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1172269
Http://git.kernel.org /? P = linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git; a = commitdiff; h = a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.kernel.org/