Tracker / CVE-2004-0427
CVE-2004-0427
Low 2.1
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.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · 2.4.0 → 2.4.26 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 2.6.0 → 2.6.6 |
Analysis
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