CVE-2004-0427

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Jul 7, 2004
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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