CVE-2010-2492

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

References

Advisories
More

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611385

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-2496

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6f80fb7b5986fda663d94079d3bba0937a6b6ff

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-09-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H