Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-2653
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207 (mailing-list, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)