cve/2004/CVE-2004-0427.md

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.

POC

Reference

• http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html

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