CVE-2010-1446

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-05-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.30, 2.6.30.1, 2.6.30.2, 2.6.30.3, 2.6.30.4, 2.6.30.5 (+33)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/30/1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58840
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458

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