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CVE-2010-4250
published 2012-06-21

CVE-2010-4250: 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…

PriorityP416medium4.9CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCNINAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
0.76%
50.7th percentile
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

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux_kernel<= 2.6.36.4
linuxlinux_kernel<= 2.6.38.8
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CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
vendor_redhat4.9MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu4.9MEDIUM
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