CVE-2010-4243

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service due to memory consumption via a crafted exec system call. This is related to the handling of stack memory by arrays representing arguments and environment variables in the fs/exec.c file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.37, update to version 2.6.37 or later to resolve the issue.