CVE ID:	CVE-2004-0427
Description:	The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activated, which triggers a memory leak that allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via the clone (CLONE_VM) system call.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51118
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0427 BugTraq ID: 10221 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221 Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: O-164 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:846 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846 Debian Security Information: DSA-1067 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 Debian Security Information: DSA-1069 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 Debian Security Information: DSA-1070 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 Debian Security Information: DSA-1082 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 En Garde Linux Advisory: ESA-20040428-004 http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037 http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2004:255 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2004:260 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2004:327 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 http://secunia.com/advisories/11464 http://secunia.com/advisories/11486 http://secunia.com/advisories/11541 http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 SGI Security Advisory: 20040504-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc SGI Security Advisory: 20040505-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2004:010 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html TurboLinux Advisory: TLSA-2004-14 http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt XForce ISS Database: linux-dofork-memory-leak(16002) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002