CVE - CVE-2010-4248

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-4248	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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 of a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c, and the selection of a new thread group leader in the de_thread function in fs/exec.c.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:42789 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 MISC:42890 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 MISC:45028 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:ADV-2011-0024 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:MDVSA-2011:029 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2011:0004 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html MISC:RHSA-2011:0007 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html MISC:[oss-security] 20101123 CVE request: kernel: posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems with mt exec URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems with mt exec URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20101116	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20101116)
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