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CVE-2010-4162
Multiple integer overflows in fs/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash)…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple integer overflows in fs/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted device ioctl to a SCSI device.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months 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)
- 0.39% · top 66% 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: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
23
- SUSE-SA:2011:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 42778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-18983 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 44793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 42932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101110 CVE request: kernel: Multiple DoS issues in block layer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101112 Re: CVE request: kernel: Multiple DoS issues in block layer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652529 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb4644cac4a2797afc847e6c92736664d4b0ea34 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 42745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2010-4138 (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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