01 Record
CVE-2010-4248
Race condition in the __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Race condition in the __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use
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
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 24.8% 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
- 2010-11-30 21:19Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-16
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e33c6fff0c8fa2bbb471775cf10546e11c2372e81a92c61f21d81a0cdc355242
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com42789http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0024http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0004http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- www.securityfocus.com20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0007http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- www.securityfocus.com45028http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems with mt exechttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- secunia.com42890http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:029http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101123 CVE request: kernel: posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems with mt exechttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2