arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke
Published May 21, 2010
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.6.30
- 2.6.30.1
- 2.6.30.2
- 2.6.30.3
- 2.6.30.4
- 2.6.30.5
- 2.6.30.6
- 2.6.30.7
- 2.6.30.8
- 2.6.30.9
- 2.6.30.10
Configuration 2
- 2.6.31
- 2.6.31.1
- 2.6.31.2
- 2.6.31.3
- 2.6.31.4
- 2.6.31.5
- 2.6.31.6
- 2.6.31.7
- 2.6.31.8
- 2.6.31.9
- 2.6.31.10
- 2.6.31.11
- 2.6.31.12
- 2.6.31.13
Configuration 3
- 2.6.32
- 2.6.32.1
- 2.6.32.2
- 2.6.32.3
- 2.6.32.4
- 2.6.32.5
- 2.6.32.6
- 2.6.32.7
- 2.6.32.8
- 2.6.32.9
- 2.6.32.10
- 2.6.32.11
- 2.6.32.12
- 2.6.32.13
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not include support for KGDB, a debugger for the Linux kernel.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 14.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/30/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1446 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58840 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1446
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1446
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/30/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1446 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58840 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1446 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1446 |
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