CVE-2010-4243
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-01-22 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 03:34
Severity ?
Summary
fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call, aka an "OOM dodging issue," a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c
secalert@redhat.comhttp://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.cBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.htmlBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42884Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700VDB Entry
Impacted products
n/an/a
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