CVE-2004-0427
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-04-30 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 00:17
Severity ?
Summary
The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activated, which triggers a memory leak that allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via the clone (CLONE_VM) system call.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.ascBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.ascBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHABroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726ABroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11429Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11464Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11486Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11541Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11861Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11891Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11892Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20162Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20163Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20202Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20338Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txtBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.ascBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.ascBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHABroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726ABroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11429Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11464Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11486Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11541Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11861Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11891Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11892Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20162Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20163Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20202Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20338Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txtBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819Broken Link
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