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CVE-2010-4243 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c Broken Link 
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.html Broken Link 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700 VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4243
NVD Published Date:
01/22/2011
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.