Unscored severity · published Nov 20, 2010
CVE-2010-4169
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.37; 2.6.37; 2.6.37 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
13 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4169
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4169
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2
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