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CVE-2010-1488

First published: Wed Apr 14 2010(Updated: )

Description of problem: proc_oom_score(task) has a reference to task_struct, but that is all. If this task was already released before we take tasklist_lock - we can't use task-&gt;group_leader, it points to nowhere - it is not safe to call badness() even if this task is -&gt;group_leader, has_intersects_mems_allowed() assumes it is safe to iterate over -&gt;thread_group list. - even worse, badness() can hit -&gt;signal == NULL Add the pid_alive() check to ensure __unhash_process() was not called. Also, use "task" instead of task-&gt;group_leader. badness() should return the same result for any sub-thread. Currently this is not true, but this should be changed anyway. Upstream commit: <a href="http://git.kernel.org/linus/b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93">http://git.kernel.org/linus/b95c35e76b29ba812e5dabdd91592e25ec640e93</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux kernel=2.6.11
Linux kernel=2.6.23.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux kernel=2.6.18.7
Linux kernel=2.6.17.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux kernel=2.6.17.9
Linux kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux kernel=2.6.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux kernel=2.6.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux kernel=2.6.33-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.22.4
Linux kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux kernel=2.6.13
Linux kernel=2.6.17.2
Linux kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux kernel=2.6.23.7
Linux kernel=2.6.17.8
Linux kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux kernel=2.6.14
Linux kernel=2.6.17.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.18
Linux kernel=2.6.17.14
Linux kernel=2.6.10
Linux kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux kernel=2.6.34-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.18.3
Linux kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux kernel=2.6.3
Linux kernel=2.6.32
Linux kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux kernel<=2.6.34
Linux kernel=2.6.17.3
Linux kernel=2.6.32.3
Linux kernel=2.6.22
Linux kernel=2.6.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.34-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux kernel=2.6.18.4
Linux kernel=2.6.33-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux kernel=2.6.18.1
Linux kernel=2.6.23.1
Linux kernel=2.6.2
Linux kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux kernel=2.6.17.5
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.18.5
Linux kernel=2.6.33.2
Linux kernel=2.6.13.5
Linux kernel=2.6.17
Linux kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux kernel=2.6.33-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.25
Linux kernel=2.6.16.21
Linux kernel=2.6.8
Linux kernel=2.6.16.28
Linux kernel=2.6.17.10
Linux kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.23
Linux kernel=2.6.33.1
Linux kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux kernel=2.6.22.7
Linux kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux kernel=2.6.33
Linux kernel=2.6.17.1
Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux kernel=2.6.23-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.22.6
Linux kernel=2.6.23.3
Linux kernel=2.6.18.8
Linux kernel=2.6.22.3
Linux kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.31
Linux kernel=2.6.16.26
Linux kernel=2.6.18.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux kernel=2.6.23-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16
Linux kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.22
Linux kernel=2.6.17.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux kernel=2.6.33-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.16.24
Linux kernel=2.6.23
Linux kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux kernel=2.6.23.2
Linux kernel=2.6.7
Linux kernel=2.6.32.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.30
Linux kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.17
Linux kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux kernel=2.6.17.7
Linux kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux kernel=2.6.18.6
Linux kernel=2.6.15
Linux kernel=2.6.33-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.23.5
Linux kernel=2.6.32.2
Linux kernel=2.6.17.6
Linux kernel=2.6.23.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux kernel=2.6.32.1
Linux kernel=2.6.17.13
Linux kernel=2.6.22.2
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux kernel=2.6.22.5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.19
Linux kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.20
Linux kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux kernel=2.6.33-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.9
Linux kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux kernel=2.6.6
Linux kernel=2.6.12
Linux Kernel<=2.6.34
Linux Kernel=2.6.0
Linux Kernel=2.6.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.15
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.16
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.17
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.18
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.19
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.20
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.21
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.22
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.23
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.24
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.25
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.26
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.28
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.30
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.31
Linux Kernel=2.6.17
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.22
Linux Kernel=2.6.22.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.22.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.22.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.22.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.22.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.22.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.23
Linux Kernel=2.6.23-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.23-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.23.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.23.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.23.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.23.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.23.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.23.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.23.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.24-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.24-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.24-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.24-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.24-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.32
Linux Kernel=2.6.32.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.32.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.32.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.32.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.33
Linux Kernel=2.6.33-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.33-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.33-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.33-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.33-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.33-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.33.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.33.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.34-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.34-rc2
<=2.6.34
=2.6.0
=2.6.1
=2.6.2
=2.6.3
=2.6.4
=2.6.5
=2.6.6
=2.6.7
=2.6.8
=2.6.8.1
=2.6.9
=2.6.10
=2.6.11
=2.6.11.1
=2.6.11.2
=2.6.11.3
=2.6.11.4
=2.6.11.5
=2.6.11.6
=2.6.11.7
=2.6.11.8
=2.6.11.9
=2.6.11.10
=2.6.11.11
=2.6.11.12
=2.6.12
=2.6.12.1
=2.6.12.2
=2.6.12.3
=2.6.12.4
=2.6.12.5
=2.6.12.6
=2.6.13
=2.6.13.1
=2.6.13.2
=2.6.13.3
=2.6.13.4
=2.6.13.5
=2.6.14
=2.6.14.1
=2.6.14.3
=2.6.14.4
=2.6.14.5
=2.6.14.6
=2.6.14.7
=2.6.15
=2.6.15.1
=2.6.15.2
=2.6.15.3
=2.6.15.4
=2.6.15.5
=2.6.15.6
=2.6.15.7
=2.6.16
=2.6.16.1
=2.6.16.2
=2.6.16.3
=2.6.16.4
=2.6.16.5
=2.6.16.6
=2.6.16.7
=2.6.16.8
=2.6.16.9
=2.6.16.10
=2.6.16.11
=2.6.16.12
=2.6.16.13
=2.6.16.14
=2.6.16.15
=2.6.16.16
=2.6.16.17
=2.6.16.18
=2.6.16.19
=2.6.16.20
=2.6.16.21
=2.6.16.22
=2.6.16.23
=2.6.16.24
=2.6.16.25
=2.6.16.26
=2.6.16.27
=2.6.16.28
=2.6.16.29
=2.6.16.30
=2.6.16.31
=2.6.17
=2.6.17.1
=2.6.17.2
=2.6.17.3
=2.6.17.4
=2.6.17.5
=2.6.17.6
=2.6.17.7
=2.6.17.8
=2.6.17.9
=2.6.17.10
=2.6.17.11
=2.6.17.12
=2.6.17.13
=2.6.17.14
=2.6.18.1
=2.6.18.2
=2.6.18.3
=2.6.18.4
=2.6.18.5
=2.6.18.6
=2.6.18.7
=2.6.18.8
=2.6.22
=2.6.22.2
=2.6.22.3
=2.6.22.4
=2.6.22.5
=2.6.22.6
=2.6.22.7
=2.6.23
=2.6.23-rc1
=2.6.23-rc2
=2.6.23.1
=2.6.23.2
=2.6.23.3
=2.6.23.4
=2.6.23.5
=2.6.23.6
=2.6.23.7
=2.6.24-rc1
=2.6.24-rc2
=2.6.24-rc3
=2.6.24-rc4
=2.6.24-rc5
=2.6.32
=2.6.32.1
=2.6.32.2
=2.6.32.3
=2.6.32.4
=2.6.33
=2.6.33-rc1
=2.6.33-rc2
=2.6.33-rc3
=2.6.33-rc4
=2.6.33-rc5
=2.6.33-rc6
=2.6.33.1
=2.6.33.2
=2.6.34-rc1
=2.6.34-rc2

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2010-1488?

    CVE-2010-1488 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential impact on the affected Linux Kernel versions.

  • How do I fix CVE-2010-1488?

    To mitigate CVE-2010-1488, users should upgrade to a patched version of the Linux Kernel that addresses this vulnerability.

  • Which versions of the Linux Kernel are affected by CVE-2010-1488?

    CVE-2010-1488 affects various versions of the Linux Kernel from 2.6.0 up to and including 2.6.34.

  • What are the potential impacts of CVE-2010-1488?

    CVE-2010-1488 can lead to unpredictable behavior or exploitation of the system, which might compromise system security.

  • Is there a workaround for CVE-2010-1488?

    There are no known effective workarounds for CVE-2010-1488 aside from upgrading to a safe version of the Linux Kernel.

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