CVE-2010-3448
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 on ThinkPad devices, when the X.Org X server is used, does not properly restrict access to the video output control state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a (1) read or (2) write operation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (38th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3446)
- Published
- January 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3446 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565790(Third Party Advisory)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/23/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/7(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/30/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/30/6(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652122(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64580(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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