CVE-2010-1488

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The proc_oom_score function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 uses inappropriate data structures during selection of a candidate for the OOM killer, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified patterns of task creation.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.34; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+140)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582068
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582068

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