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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-06-21T23:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.827Z

Reserved: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2010-4250

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-21T23:55:01.647

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:28:25.357

Link: CVE-2010-4250

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4250 - Bugzilla