CVE-2010-1488

Linux Kernel < 2.6.34 - Denial of Service via OOM Killer Task Selection

Title source: llm

Description

The proc_oom_score function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 uses inappropriate data structures during selection of a candidate for the OOM killer, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified patterns of task creation.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582068

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93

Scores

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 26.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.0

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.1

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.2

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.3

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.4

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.5

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.6

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.7

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.8

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.8.1

... and 40 more

Published Apr 20, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026