VDB
CVE-2010-4250
CVE-2010-4250
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.900000095367432 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.11% · 29.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.11%
29.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 0, 2.6.36.2, 2.6.36.3 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab (circl)
- [oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify memory leak (circl)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830 (circl)
Timeline
- Jun 21, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
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References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab url
- [oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify memory leak mailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4250 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0330 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0498 url
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4250 url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab url