CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-1187

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2010-03-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-03-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality in Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc1 through 2.6.33, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by sending datagrams through AF_TIPC before entering network mode, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (> 2.6.16 <= 2.6.33) • linux linux kernel 2.6.16 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • debian debian linux 5.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References