CVE-2010-4169

Publication date 22 November 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dave Jones discovered that the mprotect system call did not correctly handle merged VMAs. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 11.04 natty
Fixed 2.6.37-5.13
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.35-25.43
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-28.52
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.6.31-22.73
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-ec2 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-312.24
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.6.31-307.27
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-fsl-imx51 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.31-608.22
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.6.31-112.30
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-lts-backport-maverick 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.35-25.44~lucid1
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-lts-backport-natty 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-mvl-dove 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.32-414.30
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.6.32-214.30
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-source-2.6.15 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
linux-ti-omap4 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.6.35-903.23
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in dab5855

References

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