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CVE-2010-1148

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 12, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.7 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1148
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.33.2 (including)
LinuxUbuntudevel*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntuintrepid*
LinuxUbuntujaunty*
LinuxUbuntukarmic*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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