VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-1148

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.54%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-04-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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 classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references