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CVE-2010-1446
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…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 72% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 36 days later
· 36 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 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- SUSE-SA:2010:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- kernel-kgdb-memory-overwrite(58840) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100430 Re: CVE request - Linux Kernel KGDB/ppc issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 40645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100429 Re: CVE request - Linux Kernel KGDB/ppc issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20100510 [071/117] kgdb: dont needlessly skip PAGE_USER test for Fsl booke (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 39830 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100429 CVE request - Linux Kernel KGDB/ppc issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1857 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2010-1474 (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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