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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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0427 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0427 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2004-07-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-01-26T18:56:08.593

Link: CVE-2004-0427

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0427 - Bugzilla