CVE-2004-0427

Description

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037

http://secunia.com/advisories/20338

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2

http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3