CVE-2010-4248 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2010-4248?

CVE-2010-4248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Nov 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 __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use of a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c, and the selection of a new thread group leader in the de_thread function in fs/exec.c.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4248?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4248?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-4248 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4248 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-5xj7-h235-qpx8.