CVE-2010-4250
Linux Kernel < 2.6.37 - Denial of Service via inotify_init1 Memory Leak
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-4250. PoCs published by Vegard Nossum.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a local denial-of-service (DoS) in the Linux kernel by exhausting system resources. It bypasses the inotify instances limit by creating pipes until failure, then repeatedly calling inotify_init() to consume memory.
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit triggers a local denial-of-service (DoS) in the Linux kernel by exhausting system resources. It bypasses the inotify instances limit by creating pipes until failure, then repeatedly calling inotify_init() to consume memory.