PT-2012-1305 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Vegard Nossum · Published 2011-05-10 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2010-4250

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the inotify init1 function, which can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service through memory consumption. This can be achieved via vectors involving failed attempts to create files.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37, update to version 2.6.37 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4250

RHSA-2011:0330

RHSA-2011:0498

RHSA-2011_0498

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/35013 · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4250 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0498.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830 · Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/11 · Note