#VU43959 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4250 

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#VU43959 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4250

Published: June 22, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43959
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4250
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within 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. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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