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CVE-2010-2653

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.9 Published: 2010-10-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References