CVE-2010-1087

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The nfs_wait_on_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x through 2.6.33-rc5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 5.0
Linux kernel: from 2.6.0 before 2.6.33; 2.6.33-rc1, 2.6.33-rc2, 2.6.33-rc3, 2.6.33-rc4, 2.6.33-rc5 — fixed in 2.6.33

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 2.6.33. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9f557cd8073104b39528794d44e129331ded649f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/03/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39569
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567184

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