Linux Kernel "execve()" Memory Expansion "OOM-killer" Local Denial of Service

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The Linux kernel is exposed to a local denial of service issue because OOM-killer fails to properly detect memory usage. The issue is triggered because of a memory expansion by the argument of the "execve()" system call.

Ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688#c0

10.48.3 - CVE: CVE-2010-4243
Platform: Linux