Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-1641
Published: June 1, 2010 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92621
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1641
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 read and manipulate data.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A local user can read and manipulate data.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-1641
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595579
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/25/1
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2010-May/msg00049.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40356
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/25/12
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/incr/patch-2.6.34-git9-git10.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/26/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58926
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9916
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7df0e0397b9a18358573274db9fdab991941062f