01 Record
CVE-2010-1162
The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-04-20 15:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 01:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-03-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a9b10042f2480342e1783ff57551e7d8a270d0d45131e0e7f1a42675c7653372
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:031http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100415 Re: CVE request: kernel: tty: release_one_tty() forgets to put pidshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/16/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100414 Re: Couple of kernel issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/15/1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:198http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100414 Couple of kernel issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6da8d866d0d39e9509ff826660f6a86a6757c966
- secunia.com40645http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582076
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100415 CVE request: kernel: tty: release_one_tty() forgets to put pidshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/15/2
- www.debian.orgDSA-2053http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
- secunia.com39830http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1857http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857