Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0427
CVE-2004-0427
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.
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References
34- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.ascnvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.ascnvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20338nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvdBroken Link
- linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHAnvdBroken Link
- linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726AnvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/11429nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/11464nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/11486nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/11541nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/11861nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/11891nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/11892nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/20162nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/20163nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/20202nvdBroken Link
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xmlnvdBroken Link
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtmlnvdBroken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067nvdBroken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069nvdBroken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070nvdBroken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txtnvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819nvdBroken Link
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