oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify memory leak

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Message-ID: <1525777656.375171290604630513.JavaMail.root@zmail01.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:17:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify memory leak

----- "Eugene Teo" <eugene@...hat.com> wrote:

> Reported by Vegard Nossum, if inotify_init is unable to allocate a new
> 
> file for the new inotify group we leak the new group.
> 
> Reproducer: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/418 (this test case is
> only 
> relevant if c44dcc56 (v2.6.34-rc1) is backported)
> 
> Issue was introduced in 63c882a0 (v2.6.31-rc1).
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/656830
> 

Please use CVE-2010-4250

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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