VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-4250
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.76%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-06-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.