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CVE-2010-2248

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2248 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CIFS implementation of the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions before 2.6.34-rc4. Remote attackers can trigger a kernel panic by sending a crafted SMB response packet with an invalid CountHigh value, as demonstrated by an OS/2 server response. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity leading to complete system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0403 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-89.0.28.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2248Important

kernel: cifs: Fix a kernel BUG with remote OS/2 server

Mar 31, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/43315
securitytracker.com / id
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2010-0606.html
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2094
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.34/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/06/28/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/06/28/6
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/42242
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1000-1
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html