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CVE-2004-0427

Date: July 6, 2004

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.

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (37)

Url: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2004-0427

Url: http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt

Url: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0427

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/11891

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/11892

Url: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20202

Url: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20162

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20163

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069

Url: http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/11429

Url: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml

Url: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/11464

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/11486

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/11541

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/11861

Url: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20338

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2004-0427

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2004-0427

Date: July 6, 2004

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CVSS v3.1

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