What is CVE-2010-4250?

CVE-2010-4250 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2010-4250 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4250?

CVE-2010-4250 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4250?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4250. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2010-4250 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4250 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-4250

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-06-21

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2010-4250 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2010-4250 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Ftp
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/11
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656830
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-4250

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-06-21

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4250?

CVE-2010-4250 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2010-4250 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4250?

CVE-2010-4250 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4250?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4250. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2010-4250 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2010-4250 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.