NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-1148
The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (43.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005741.html (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005742.html (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005746.html (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005757.html (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/06/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39344 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/39186 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/linux-kernel-unix-extensions-cifs-null-pointer-de… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)