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 (memory consumption) via vectors involving failed attempts to create files.

CVSS v2.0

4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 53th percentile

Published

2012-06-21

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35013

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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