PT-2010-2864 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2010-04-12 · Updated 2020-08-28 · CVE-2010-1148

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.33.3

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a NULL nameidata field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions. This occurs due to a NULL pointer dereference and OOPS in the cifs create function.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.33.3, update to version 2.6.33.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1148

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 13

• 🔥 http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/linux-kernel-unix-extensions-cifs-null-pointer-dereference · Exploit
• http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005757.html · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579445 · Patch
• http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005742.html · Patch
• http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005746.html · Patch
• http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005741.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1148 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045754521927&w=2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/06/2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045779122119&w=2 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39344 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/39186 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57561 · Note