CVE-2010-2240
The do_anonymous_page function in mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.52, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.19, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.4, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.2 does not properly separate the stack and the heap, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by writing to the bottom page of a shared memory segment, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against the X.Org X server.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 0.7% (54th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2252)
- Published
- September 3, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2252 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320b2b8de12698082609ebbc1a17165727f4c893
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024344
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094
- http://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/misc-2010/xorg-large-memory-attacks.pdf(Exploit)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.52
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.19
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.4
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0660.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0670.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=606611
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13247
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0661.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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