CVE-2010-4169

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.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html third party advisory vendor advisory
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 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4169?
CVE-2010-4169 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4169?
To fix CVE-2010-4169, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4169 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-4169 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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