Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-2653
Published: October 5, 2010 / Updated: August 6, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91498
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2653
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the hvc_close() function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2653
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621