CVE-2010-4243

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

http://secunia.com/advisories/42884

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3