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CVE-2010-4243

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Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published1/22/2011

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c(secalert@redhat.com)

http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c(secalert@redhat.com)

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378(secalert@redhat.com)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15(secalert@redhat.com)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/42884(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688(secalert@redhat.com)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700(secalert@redhat.com)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/42884(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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