7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists through a NULL pointer dereference in nfs_wb_page_cancel(), allowing a local user on a system that has an NFS-mounted file system to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges on that system.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9f557cd8073104b39528794d44e129331ded649f
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
secunia.com/advisories/39830
secunia.com/advisories/40645
secunia.com/advisories/43315
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/03/1
www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/errata/RHSA-2010-0631/Kernel_Security_Update/index.html
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/39569
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0631
access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-31052
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567184
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10442