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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2004-04-30T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.945Z
Reserved: 2004-04-29T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-0427
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2004-07-07T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:48:34.423
Link: CVE-2004-0427
Redhat