EIP-2026-102647
PRE-CVELinux Kernel 2.4.18/2.4.19 - Privileged File Descriptor Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service)
Title source: legacyExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102647. PoCs published by Paul Starzetz.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the Linux kernel by exhausting the pool of reserved file descriptors for root processes. It forks multiple processes to open file descriptors until the system limit is reached, then manipulates the descriptors to disrupt root-owned processes.
Description
Linux Kernel 2.4.18/2.4.19 - Privileged File Descriptor Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service)
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a local denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the Linux kernel by exhausting the pool of reserved file descriptors for root processes. It forks multiple processes to open file descriptors until the system limit is reached, then manipulates the descriptors to disrupt root-owned processes.