01 Record
CVE-2010-4243
fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-01-22 21:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-16
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8c5b6803852b55ee1b1acb72823c9539d61e082012267c351d9e6713744caf39
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20101122 CVE request: kernel: mm: mem allocated invisible to oom_kill() when not attached to any threadshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6
- www.securityfocus.com20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0017http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-kernel-execve-dos(64700)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killerhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378
- www.exploit-db.com15619http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619
- linux.derkeiler.com[linux-kernel] 20101130 [PATCH 1/2] exec: make argv/envp memory visible to oom-killerhttp://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20101122 Re: CVE request: kernel: mm: mem allocated invisible to oom_kill() when not attached to any threadshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- secunia.com42884http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100827 [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killerhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killerhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c
- grsecurity.nethttp://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killerhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206
- www.securityfocus.com45004http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004