CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0427

2.1 LOW Published 2004-07-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-07-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-401

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.26) • linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.0 < 2.6.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References