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CVE-2010-4250 (GCVE-0-2010-4250)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-21 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
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Summary
Memory leak in the inotify_init1 function in fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving failed attempts to create files.
Severity
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CWE
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