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CVE-2010-4258 Details

Description

The do_exit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNEL_DS get_fs value, which allows local users to bypass intended access_ok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a (1) BUG, (2) NULL pointer dereference, or (3) page fault, as demonstrated by vectors involving the clear_child_tid feature and the splice system call.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33dd94ae1ccbfb7bf0fb6c692bc3d1c4269e6177	CVE
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/7	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/5	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/9	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/14	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659567	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/543	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33dd94ae1ccbfb7bf0fb6c692bc3d1c4269e6177	[email protected]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/7	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/9	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/14	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659567	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/543	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 76 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 2.6.36.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	13
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	11.2 11.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise desktop	10 sp3 11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise real time extension	11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	9 10 sp3 11 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise software development kit	10 sp3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 14, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 30, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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