VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-2653
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to…
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.