Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3086
Published: January 15, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45444
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3086
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
include/asm-x86/futex.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 does not properly implement exception fixup, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via an invalid application that triggers a page fault.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3086
Install update from vendor's website.
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.15-55.93
External References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9d55b9923a1b7ea8193b8875c57ec940dc2ff027
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/2/6/752194/thread
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128935856605589&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024709
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429412
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633170