CVE-2010-2240

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2240
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-09-03 20:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.34.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.34.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.34.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.35.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:198 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:172 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Linux Kernel Stack Memory Management Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
VMSA-2011-0007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2094-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug 606611 – CVE-2010-2240 kernel: mm: keep a guard page below a grow-down stack segment af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
VMSA-2011-0009.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/misc-2010/xorg-large-memory-attacks.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.invisiblethingslab.com Exploit
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[Security-announce] VMSA-2011-0007 VMware ESXi and ESX Denial of Service and third party updates for Likewise components and ESX Service Console af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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