PT-2010-3163 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2010-04-20 · Updated 2012-03-19 · CVE-2010-1488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34-rc4

Description The issue is related to the proc oom score function in the Linux kernel, which uses inappropriate data structures during the selection of a candidate for the OOM killer. This might allow local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified patterns of task creation.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34-rc4, update to version 2.6.34-rc4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1488

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1488 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582068 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4 · Note