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FKIE_CVE-2010-2653

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-10-05 18:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:21
Severity
Summary
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
cve@mitre.orghttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *

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