CVE-2010-4250

Linux Kernel < 2.6.36.4 - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

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)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Vegard Nossum · cdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35013

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (5)

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

[Various Sources] http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830

[Patch] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/11

Scores

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.36.1

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.36.2

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.36.3

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.36.4

Published Jun 21, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026