CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-0291

Published: Feb 15, 2010 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
7.2 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (panic) by calling the (1) mmap or (2) mremap function, aka the do_mremap() mess or mremap/mmap mess.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.32.4 (excluding)
MRG for RHEL-5 RedHat kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-149.el5rt *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 *
Linux Ubuntu hardy *
Linux Ubuntu intrepid *
Linux Ubuntu jaunty *
Linux Ubuntu karmic *
Linux Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu upstream *

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