CVE-2010-1085 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1085?

CVE-2010-1085 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The azx_position_ok function in hda_intel.c in Linux kernel 2.6.33-rc4 and earlier, when running on the AMD780V chip set, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown manipulations that trigger a divide-by-zero error.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1085?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1085?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-1085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4q6r-3f26-q97v.