PT-2010-4175 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Alan Cox · Published 2010-10-05 · Updated 2020-08-06 · CVE-2010-2653

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 2.6.34

Description A race condition exists in the hvc close function, which can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This issue is related to the hvc open and hvc remove functions and occurs when closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.34, update to version 2.6.34 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-2653

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 14

• 🔥 http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207 · Exploit
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2653 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621 · Patch
• http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2 · Note