Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-0006
Published: January 26, 2010 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92628
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0006
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to null pointer dereference error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0006
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37810
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38333
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4
- http://www.osvdb.org/61876
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38168
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126343325807340&w=2
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300951
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0006
- http://cert.fi/en/reports/2010/vulnerability341748.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2570a4f5428bcdb1077622342181755741e7fa60