CVE-2010-1162
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc4 omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1192)
- Published
- April 20, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1192 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6da8d866d0d39e9509ff826660f6a86a6757c966
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/15/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/15/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/16/1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582076
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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