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CVE-2010-4258

The do_exit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNEL_DS get_fs value, which allows local users to bypass intended access_ok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a (1) BUG, (2) NULL pointer dereference, or (3) page fault, as demonstrated by vectors involving the clear_child_tid feature and the splice system call.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-4258 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from linux, from fedoraproject, from opensuse and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-12-30T19:00:04.410

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-269

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 2.6.36.2	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	13	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.3	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_real_time_extension	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	9	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	10	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	11	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	10	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33dd94ae1ccbfb7bf0fb6c692bc3d1c4269e6177 ([email protected])
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659567 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/543 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33dd94ae1ccbfb7bf0fb6c692bc3d1c4269e6177 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659567 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/543 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For linux's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.