CVE-2004-0427 PUBLISHED CVSS 2.0999999046325684 LOW

The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activated, which triggers a memory leak that allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via the clone (CLONE_VM) system call.

EPSS 0.16% · 37.2th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v2.0
2.0999999046325684
EPSS Score
0.16%
37.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
linuxlinux_kernel2.4.0, 2.6.0
n/an/an/a

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