{
    "id": "CVE-2010-4250",
    "published": "2012-06-21 23:55:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:24:26",
    "cvss_score": "4.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.00756",
    "epss_percentile": "0.53969",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "35013",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'inotify_init()' Memory Leak Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2010-11-24",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35013"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/11",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830",
        "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab",
        "http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/11",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830",
        "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab"
    ]
}