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CVE-2010-1643
mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc3, when strict overcommit is enabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.37%
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- redhat
Description
mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc3, when strict overcommit is enabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% 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: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- [oss-security] 20100526 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfsd: fix vm overcommit crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=731572d39fcd3498702eda4600db4c43d51e0b26 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100526 CVE request - kernel: nfsd: fix vm overcommit crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595970 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.28/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- linux-kernel-knfsd-dos(58957) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-knfsd-9666 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 40377 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1857 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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