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CVE-2010-4250

CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (17th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 5
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2012-06-21 23:55:01
(12 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:28:25
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 2.6.36.4 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 2.6.36.4
  Linux Kernel 2.6.36.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36.1
  Linux Kernel 2.6.36.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36.2
  Linux Kernel 2.6.36.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36.3