### [CVE-2012-0879](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0879)
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### Description

The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1

#### Github
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