CVE-2010-1488 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=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