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)…

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 a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call, aka an "OOM dodging issue," a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.91% · top 40% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-400 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-400 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• [oss-security] 20101122 CVE request: kernel: mm: mem allocated invisible to oom_kill() when not attached to any threads (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• linux-kernel-execve-dos(64700) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 15619 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20101130 [PATCH 1/2] exec: make argv/envp memory visible to oom-killer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101122 Re: CVE request: kernel: mm: mem allocated invisible to oom_kill() when not attached to any threads (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42884 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20100827 [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] exec argument expansion can inappropriately trigger OOM-killer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 45004 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:34 UTC.