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…

published June 21, 2012

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00756 · 54.7th percentile
Published
2012-06-21T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUN 23:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5