Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.29.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-1428842
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Nov 2010

Introduced: 24 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-4250  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:2.6.32-71.29.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0498.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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