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    CVE-2010-4169

    Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.

    Published:Nov 9, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 20, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.00049
    CVSS Score:4.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Mrg
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Desktop
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Server

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High