Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3448
Published: January 3, 2011 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92561
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3448
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3448
Install update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652122
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565790
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/30/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/30/1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64580
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5