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CVE-2010-4169 (GCVE-0-2010-4169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-11-20 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2010-11-15 00:00
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