CVE-2010-1162

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.34; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+140)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6da8d866d0d39e9509ff826660f6a86a6757c966
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/15/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/15/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/16/1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857

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