CVE-2010-3081 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel on 64-bit platforms, specifically impacting Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware products. The flaw stems from improper memory allocation in the compat_alloc_user_space functions, allowing a local user to gain elevated privileges by manipulating a length value. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It was actively exploited in the wild in September 2010, with public exploit code available on ExploitDB, though it has since seen minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.35.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
kernel: 64-bit Compatibility Mode Stack Pointer Underflow
Sep 15, 2010Kernel vulnerability fix for CVE-2010-3081
Kernel vulnerability fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.32
Kernel vulnerability fix for CVE-2010-3081
Kernel vulnerability fix for CVE-2010-3081
Kernel fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.32
Kernel update to fix CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.24
Kernel fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.18
Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2010-3081) in pve-kernel-2.6.32
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.32
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.24
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.18
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.32
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.24
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.18
Kernel vulnerability fix (CVE-2010-3081)
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.32
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.24
Fix for CVE-2010-3081 in pve-kernel-2.6.18