Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2001-0907
CVE-2001-0907
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: >=2.2.1 <=2.2.19, >=2.4.1 <=2.4.10
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-036.0.txtnvdBroken Link
- download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01nvdBroken Link
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.phpnvdBroken Link
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.htmlnvdBroken Link
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