LOW
kernel: oom: fix the unsafe usage of badness() in proc_oom_score()
Published Apr 20, 2010
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.6.34
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8.1
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.1
- 2.6.11.2
- 2.6.11.3
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.9
- 2.6.11.10
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.13.5
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.14.6
- 2.6.14.7
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.2
- 2.6.15.3
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6.15.5
- 2.6.15.6
- 2.6.15.7
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16.1
- 2.6.16.2
- 2.6.16.3
- 2.6.16.4
- 2.6.16.5
- 2.6.16.6
- 2.6.16.7
- 2.6.16.8
- 2.6.16.9
- 2.6.16.10
- 2.6.16.11
- 2.6.16.12
- 2.6.16.13
- 2.6.16.14
- 2.6.16.15
- 2.6.16.16
- 2.6.16.17
- 2.6.16.18
- 2.6.16.19
- 2.6.16.20
- 2.6.16.21
- 2.6.16.22
- 2.6.16.23
- 2.6.16.24
- 2.6.16.25
- 2.6.16.26
- 2.6.16.27
- 2.6.16.28
- 2.6.16.29
- 2.6.16.30
- 2.6.16.31
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17.1
- 2.6.17.2
- 2.6.17.3
- 2.6.17.4
- 2.6.17.5
- 2.6.17.6
- 2.6.17.7
- 2.6.17.8
- 2.6.17.9
- 2.6.17.10
- 2.6.17.11
- 2.6.17.12
- 2.6.17.13
- 2.6.17.14
- 2.6.18.1
- 2.6.18.2
- 2.6.18.3
- 2.6.18.4
- 2.6.18.5
- 2.6.18.6
- 2.6.18.7
- 2.6.18.8
- 2.6.22
- 2.6.22.2
- 2.6.22.3
- 2.6.22.4
- 2.6.22.5
- 2.6.22.6
- 2.6.22.7
- 2.6.23
- 2.6.23
- 2.6.23
- 2.6.23.1
- 2.6.23.2
- 2.6.23.3
- 2.6.23.4
- 2.6.23.5
- 2.6.23.6
- 2.6.23.7
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.24
- 2.6.32
- 2.6.32.1
- 2.6.32.2
- 2.6.32.3
- 2.6.32.4
- 2.6.33
- 2.6.33
- 2.6.33
- 2.6.33
- 2.6.33
- 2.6.33
- 2.6.33
- 2.6.33.1
- 2.6.33.2
- 2.6.34
- 2.6.34
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00340
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00340
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 15.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1488 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582068 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1488
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1488
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1488 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582068 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1488 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1488 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 20, 2010
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Apr 20, 2010
Link CVE-2010-1488
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a