CVE-2010-0291

high

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (panic) by calling the (1) mmap or (2) mremap function, aka the "do_mremap() mess" or "mremap/mmap mess."

References

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8b7256096a20436f6d0926747e3ac3d64c81d24

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f106af4e90eadd76cfc0b5325f659619e08fb762

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ecc1a8993751de4e82eb18640d631dae1f626bd6

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e77414e0aad6a1b063ba5e5750c582c75327ea6a

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c4caa778157dbbf04116f0ac2111e389b5cd7a29

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bb52d6694002b9d632bb355f64daa045c6293a4e

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aa65607373a4daf2010e8c3867b6317619f3c1a3

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=935874141df839c706cd6cdc438e85eb69d1525e

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9206de95b1ea68357996ec02be5db0638a0de2c1

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c7b49b3ecd48923eb64ff57e07a1cdb74782970

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=570dcf2c15463842e384eb597a87c1e39bead99b

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=564b3bffc619dcbdd160de597b0547a7017ea010

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=54f5de709984bae0d31d823ff03de755f9dcac54

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ea1d13f64efdf49319e86c87d9ba38c30902782

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2c6a10161d0b5fc047b5bd81b03693b9af99fab5

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1a0ef85f84feb13f07b604fcf5b90ef7c2b5c82f

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ec62d290912bb4b989be7563851bc364ec73b56

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=097eed103862f9c6a97f2e415e21d1134017b135

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=05d72faa6d13c9d857478a5d35c85db9adada685

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0067bd8a55862ac9dd212bd1c4f6f5bff1ca1301

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-02-15

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0009