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CVE-2010-4250

Published: Jun 21, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4250
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.36.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36.1 (including)2.6.36.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36.2 (including)2.6.36.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36.3 (including)2.6.36.3 (including)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.55.el5rt*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-71.29.1.el6*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-armadaxpUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

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