CVE-2010-4250

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/11
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab	Patch
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36.2:::::::*

Information

Published : 2012-06-21 16:55

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:28

NVD link : CVE-2010-4250

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4250

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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