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CVE-2010-1488

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-1488 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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Not vulnerable. The Linux kernel as shipped with with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG did not include upstream commit 28b83c51 (v2.6.32-rc1) that introduced the problem.

Last Modified 2018-05-01T02:54:09+00:00

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