CVE-2004-0427

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.
References
Link Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml Third Party Advisory
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA Broken Link
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11464 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11486 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11541 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml Broken Link
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 Broken Link
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Jan 2024, 18:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221 - (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221 - Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 - Broken Link
References (TURBO) http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt - (TURBO) http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt - Broken Link
References (SGI) ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc - Patch, Vendor Advisory (SGI) ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc - Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (REDHAT) http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html - (REDHAT) http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html - Broken Link
References (CIAC) http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml - (CIAC) http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml - Broken Link
References (GENTOO) http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml - (GENTOO) http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml - Broken Link
References (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 - (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11541 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11541 - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 - Broken Link
References (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 - (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 - Third Party Advisory
References (OVAL) https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 - (OVAL) https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 - Broken Link
References (FEDORA) http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml - (FEDORA) http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml - Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 - Broken Link
References (CONECTIVA) http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846 - (CONECTIVA) http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846 - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 - Broken Link
References (SGI) ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc - Patch, Vendor Advisory (SGI) ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc - Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 - (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11464 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11464 - Broken Link
References () http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA - () http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11486 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11486 - Broken Link
References (MANDRAKE) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037 - (MANDRAKE) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A - () http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 - Broken Link
References (SUSE) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html - (SUSE) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html - Broken Link
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 - Broken Link
References (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 - (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 - Broken Link
References (OVAL) https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 - (OVAL) https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 - Broken Link
References (REDHAT) http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html - (REDHAT) http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html - Broken Link
References (XF) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002 - (XF) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (REDHAT) http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html - (REDHAT) http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html - Broken Link
References (MLIST) http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 - (MLIST) http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE NVD-CWE-Other CWE-401

07 Nov 2023, 01:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA', 'name': 'http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A', 'name': 'http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A -
  • () http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA -

Information

Published : 2004-07-07 04:00

Updated : 2024-02-28 10:24


NVD link : CVE-2004-0427

Mitre link : CVE-2004-0427

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-0427


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime