FKIE_CVE-2010-1148

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-04-12 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:17
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005741.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005742.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005746.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005757.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045754521927&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045779122119&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/06/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/39344Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39186Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/linux-kernel-unix-extensions-cifs-null-pointer-dereference/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579445Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57561Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005741.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005742.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005746.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005757.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045754521927&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045779122119&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/06/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/39344Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39186Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/linux-kernel-unix-extensions-cifs-null-pointer-dereference/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579445Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57561Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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