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Status published
Medium
CVE-2010-4169
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, fedora, opensuse, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise real time extension, linux enterprise server
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.6.37, 13, 11.3, 11
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 20th, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.