CVE-2010-4169

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.

Published: Nov 22, 2010
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2010-4169
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-416

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel	2.6.37-rc1	2.6.37-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel	-	2.6.37
linux / linux_kernel	2.6.37	2.6.37.x
fedoraproject / fedora	13	13.x
suse / linux_enterprise_desktop	11-sp1	11-sp1.x
suse / linux_enterprise_server	11-sp1	11-sp1.x
opensuse / opensuse	11.3	11.3.x
suse / linux_enterprise_real_time_extension	11-sp1	11-sp1.x

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2010-4169

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