What is CVE-2011-1479?

CVE-2011-1479 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10. CVE-2011-1479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1479?

CVE-2011-1479 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-1479?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-1479. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-1479 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-1479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-1479

Medium

Double free vulnerability in the inotify subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving failed attempts to create files. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-4250.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-06-21

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2011-1479 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2011-1479 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Ftp
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/11/1
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691793
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0de4dc584ec6aa3b26fffea320a8457827768fc
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-1479

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-06-21

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1479?

CVE-2011-1479 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 . CVE-2011-1479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1479?

CVE-2011-1479 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-1479?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-1479. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-1479 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-1479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.