| Name | CVE-2010-4250 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-2.6 | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.37-1 |
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced after 2.6.32)
[lenny] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced after 2.6.32)
[wheezy] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced after 2.6.32)