CVE-2010-2240 Memory corruption in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-2240 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2010-2240 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2240 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2240/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2240/index.md)
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges by exploiting improper stack-heap separation in the Linux kernel memory management.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-2240?
CVE-2010-2240 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2240?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.6.9-89.0.29.EL |
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2240?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2010-2240 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2240 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w3c2-79cf-m9pf, RHSA-2010:0661, RHSA-2010:0676, RHSA-2010:0677.