CVE-2010-3086

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-01-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

include/asm-x86/futex.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 does not properly implement exception fixup, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via an invalid application that triggers a page fault.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.24.7; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+199)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9d55b9923a1b7ea8193b8875c57ec940dc2ff027
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/2/6/752194/thread
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128935856605589&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024709
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429412
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633170

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