CVE-2010-2243

A vulnerability exists in kernel/time/clocksource.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 where on non-GENERIC_TIME systems (GENERIC_TIME=n), accessing /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource results in an OOPS.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2019-11-07

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Linux-2.6 (Linux-2.6)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2243
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ad6759fbf35d104dbf573cd6f4c6784ad6823f7e
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2243
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/25/1