CVE-2010-4250

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 21 Jun 2012, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 03:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability -0.18%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Jun 2012, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 03:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 29%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.36.4 | 2.6.36.1 | 2.6.36.2 | 2.6.36.3

References (5)