CVE-2010-1087

Published Apr 6, 2010

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The nfs_wait_on_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x through 2.6.33-rc5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2010-1087 This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 as they did not include the upstream commit 150030b7 that had introduced the problem. A future update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG may address this flaw.

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