Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having low severity.
National Vulnerability Database | |
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Base Score | 2.1 |
Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package
SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details. No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.SUSE Security Advisories:
- SuSE-SA:2004:010, published Tuesday, May 5th 2004 02:30 MEST
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:50:26 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 1 13:15:24 2025