** Description changed: - Memory leak in the inotify_init() system call. In some cases, it could - leak a group, which could allow a local, unprivileged user to eventually - cause a denial of service. + Memory leak in the inotify_init1 function in + fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 + allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via + vectors involving failed attempts to create files. Break-Fix: 825f9692fbe417b9fb529477056ba72022847038 a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab
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