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CVE-2010-2653 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/ Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2653
NVD Published Date:
10/05/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE