Linux Kernel Privileged File Descriptor Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability

Solution:
In addition to resource allocation limits, administrators may wish to modify their kernel source to increase the value of the constant NR_RESERVED_FILES in the file fs.h.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: vuldb@securityfocus.com <mailto:vuldb@securityfocus.com>.



 

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