CVE-2010-2653 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2653?

CVE-2010-2653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Oct 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2653?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2653?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2653 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-2653 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2653 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-gg5f-jppf-grp8.