CVE-2010-1488

medium

Description

The proc_oom_score function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 uses inappropriate data structures during selection of a candidate for the OOM killer, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified patterns of task creation.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582068

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-04-20

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium