CVE-2010-1088

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

fs/namei.c in Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 does not always follow NFS automount "symlinks," which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, related to LOOKUP_FOLLOW.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.18, 2.6.18.1, 2.6.18.2, 2.6.18.3, 2.6.18.4, 2.6.18.5 (+246)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ac278a9c505092dd82077a2446af8f9fc0d9c095
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39044

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