CVE-2010-2653
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2657)
- Published
- October 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2657 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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