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CVE-2010-2653
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.38%
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.
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)
- 0.38% · top 68% 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
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- [oss-security] 20100419 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621 (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=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100304 kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100630 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100707 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100417 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100417 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20100303 [PATCH v2] hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100706 CVE Request: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100419 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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