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CVE-2010-5328

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-5328 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions before 2.6.35. A flaw in include/linux/init_task.h allows local users to crash the system by sending signals with a process group ID of zero to the swapper process. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being high availability loss. 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
<= 2.6.34.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 90th 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 (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-5328Low

kernel: Processes having the same group as `init` can crash kernel

May 27, 2010

References

ftp.naist.jp / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
Release NotesVendor Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/f106eee10038c2ee5b6056aaf3f6d5229be6dcdd
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/f20011457f41c11edb5ea5038ad0c8ea9f392023
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/fa2755e20ab0c7215d99c2dc7c262e98a09b01df
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97103