PT-2010-3304 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2010-06-03 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2010-1643

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-rc3

Description The issue is related to the handling of shmemfs objects by knfsd in the Linux kernel when strict overcommit is enabled. This can lead to a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereference, causing knfsd to crash. There may be other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-rc3, update to version 2.6.28-rc3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1643

RHSA-2010:0631

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1643 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.28/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc3 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58957 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=731572d39fcd3498702eda4600db4c43d51e0b26 · Note
• http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-knfsd-9666 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/26/6 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/40377 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595970 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/26/2 · Note