Denial of Service via Deeply Nested Symlinks in Linux Kernel

CVE-2001-0907 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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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