CVE-2010-4250

Published: Jun 21, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 2.6.36.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.36.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.36.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.36.3

Related CWEs

CWE-399

References (10)

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/11

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37