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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…
High7.2EPSS 0.41%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- SUSE-SA:2010:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100415 Re: CVE request: kernel: tty: release_one_tty() forgets to put pids (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100414 Re: Couple of kernel issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100414 Couple of kernel issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6da8d866d0d39e9509ff826660f6a86a6757c966 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582076 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100415 CVE request: kernel: tty: release_one_tty() forgets to put pids (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 39830 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1857 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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