CVE-2010-1148 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1148?

CVE-2010-1148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1148?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1148 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-1148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1148 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-vgc6-qrrc-44jv.