CVE-2010-4250
Published: 12 January 2012
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.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
Vegard Nossum discovered a leak in the kernel's inotify_init() system call. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | reproducer: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/418 |
apw | identified the introducing commit as: 825f9692fbe417b9fb529477056ba72022847038 |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Not vulnerable
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Released
(2.6.35-27.47)
|
|
natty |
Not vulnerable
(2.6.37-11.25)
|
|
oneiric |
Not vulnerable
(2.6.39-0.0)
|
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
(3.1.0-1.1)
|
|
quantal |
Not vulnerable
(3.1.0-1.0)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
Patches: Introduced by 825f9692fbe417b9fb529477056ba72022847038 |
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linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
(3.2.0-1600.1)
|
|
quantal |
Not vulnerable
(3.2.0-1602.5)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Ignored
(binary supplied by "linux" now)
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Released
(2.6.35-28.50~lucid1)
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1.27~lucid1)
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
linux-lts-backport-oneiric Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.0-5.6~lucid1)
|
|
maverick |
Does not exist
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
maverick |
Not vulnerable
|
|
natty |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
|
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
maverick |
Released
(2.6.35-903.31)
|
|
natty |
Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1201.2)
|
|
oneiric |
Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1309.13)
|
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.0-1401.2)
|
|
quantal |
Not vulnerable
(3.0.0-1401.2)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(2.6.37~rc7)
|
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4250
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2011-March/msg00022.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1081-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1394-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1187-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian