CVE-2010-4248

Race condition in the __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use of a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c, and the selection of a new thread group leader in the de_thread function in fs/exec.c.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2010-11-30 21:38

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51


NVD link : CVE-2010-4248

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4248

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-4248


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')