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  - eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion Ensure that epoll instances can never form a graph deeper than     EP_MAX_NESTS+1 links. Currently, ep_loop_check_proc() ensures that the graph is loop-free and does some     recursion depth checks, but those recursion depth checks don't limit the depth of the resulting tree for     two reasons: - They don't look upwards in the tree. - If there are multiple downwards paths of different     lengths, only one of the paths is actually considered for the depth check since commit 28d82dc1c4ed     (epoll: limit paths). Essentially, the current recursion depth check in ep_loop_check_proc() just serves     to prevent it from recursing too deeply while checking for loops. A more thorough check is done in     reverse_path_check() after the new graph edge has already been created; this checks, among other things,     that no paths going upwards from any non-epoll file with a length of more than 5 edges exist. However,     this check does not apply to non-epoll files. As a result, it is possible to recurse to a depth of at     least roughly 500, tested on v6.15. (I am unsure if deeper recursion is possible; and this may have     changed with commit 8c44dac8add7 (eventpoll: Fix priority inversion problem).) To fix it: 1. In     ep_loop_check_proc(), note the subtree depth of each visited node, and use subtree depths for the total     depth calculation even when a subtree has already been visited. 2. Add ep_get_upwards_depth_proc() for     similarly determining the maximum depth of an upwards walk. 3. In ep_loop_check(), use these values to     limit the total path length between epoll nodes to EP_MAX_NESTS edges. (CVE-2025-38614)

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Version 1.21 Feb 13, 2026, 5:22 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602130522
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Version 1.16 Jan 10, 2026, 7:58 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 5.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601101958
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