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CVE-2010-3078

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3078 is a local information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel's xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr function, affecting various distributions including Canonical, openSUSE, SUSE, and VMware. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows a local attacker to read uninitialized kernel stack memory, potentially exposing sensitive information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.26.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3078Moderate

kernel: xfs: XFS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl memory leak

Sep 7, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/41284
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/41512
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/42890
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/46397
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4
Broken Link
linux.sgi.com / archives/xfs-masters/2010-09/msg00002.html
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/09/07/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/09/07/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/43022
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1000-1
Third Party Advisory
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2430
Broken Link
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0298
Broken Link