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CVE-2010-0307

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.7 Published: 2010-02-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The load_elf_binary function in fs/binfmt_elf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 on the x86_64 platform does not ensure that the ELF interpreter is available before a call to the SET_PERSONALITY macro, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a 32-bit application that attempts to execute a 64-bit application and then triggers a segmentation fault, as demonstrated by amd64_killer, related to the flush_old_exec function.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References