CVE-2010-1148
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…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.54%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- [oss-security] 20100405 Re: CVE request: kernel: cifs: cifs_create() NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [linux-cifs-client] 20100402 [patch] skip posix open if nameidata is null (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- linux-kernel-cifscreate-dos(57561) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [linux-cifs-client] 20100404 [patch] skip posix open if nameidata is null (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 39186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/linux-kernel-unix-extensions-cifs-null-pointer-dereference/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39344 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579445 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100405 Re: CVE request: kernel: cifs: cifs_create() NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [linux-cifs-client] 20100402 [patch] skip posix open if nameidata is null (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [linux-cifs-client] 20100402 [patch] skip posix open if nameidata is null (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100405 CVE request: kernel: cifs: cifs_create() NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-1179 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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