Description
The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.
Published: 2010-04-12
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-1179 The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-947-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T01:14:05.868Z

Reserved: 2010-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-1148

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-12T17:30:00.447

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-1148

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-1148 - Bugzilla

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