FKIE_CVE-2010-2240
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-09-03 20:00 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.2 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.3 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.4 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.5 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.6 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.7 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.8 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.9 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.10 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.11 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.12 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.13 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.14 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.15 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.16 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.17 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.32.18 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.34.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.34.2 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.34.3 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.35.1 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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