CVE-2010-4169

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.

• CWE-416

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42778Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42778Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Nov 22, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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