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CVE-2010-2524

The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35,...

7.8 High

The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35, when CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is enabled, relies on a user's keyring for the dns_resolver upcall in the cifs.upcall userspace helper, which allows local users to spoof the results of DNS queries and perform arbitrary CIFS mounts via vectors involving an add_key call, related to a "cache stuffing" issue and MS-DFS referrals.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Down 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35, when CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is enabled, relies on a user's keyring for the dns_resolver upcall in the cifs.upcall userspace helper, which allows local users to spoof the results of DNS queries and perform arbitrary CIFS mounts via vectors involving an add_key call, related to a "cache stuffing" issue and MS-DFS referrals.

Record
CVE-2010-2524
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35, when CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is enabled, relies on a user's keyring for the dns_resolver upcall in the cifs.upcall userspace helper, which allows local users to spoof the results of DNS queries and perform arbitrary CIFS mounts via vectors involving an add_key call, related to a "cache stuffing" issue and MS-DFS referrals.

Record
CVE-2010-2524
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2528 No score

The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35, when CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is enabled, relies on a user's keyring for the dns_resolver upcall in the cifs.upcall userspace helper, which allows local users to spoof the results of DNS queries and perform arbitrary CIFS mounts via vectors involving an add_key call, related to a "cache stuffing" issue and MS-DFS referrals.

Record
EUVD-2010-2528
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gh3w-mmv8-hhv4 7.8

The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35,...

The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35, when CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is enabled, relies on a user's keyring for the dns_resolver upcall in the cifs.upcall userspace helper, which allows local users to spoof the results of DNS queries and perform arbitrary CIFS mounts via vectors involving an add_key call, related to a "cache stuffing" issue and MS-DFS referrals.

Record
GHSA-gh3w-mmv8-hhv4
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0652-1 No score

Security update for Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 Teradata kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues.

Following security issues were fixed:

CVE-2011-1083: Limit the path length users can build using epoll() to avoid local attackers consuming lots of kernel CPU time.

CVE-2011-4086: Fixed a oops in jbd/jbd2 that could be caused by specific filesystem access patterns.

CVE-2011-4622: KVM: Prevent starting PIT timers in the absence of irqchip support.

CVE-2012-0045: KVM: Extend 'struct x86_emulate_ops' with 'get_cpuid' and fix missing checks in syscall emulation.

CVE-2012-0879: Fix io_context leak after clone with CLONE_IO.

CVE-2012-1090: Fixed a dentry refcount leak in the CIFS file system that could lead to a crash on unmount.

CVE-2012-1097: The regset common infrastructure assumed that regsets would always have .get and .set methods, but necessarily .active methods. Unfortunately people have since written regsets without .set method, so NULL pointer dereference attacks were possible.

Following non-security issues were fixed:

* SCSI inquiry doesn't return data on SLES 11-SP1 Xen VMs (bnc#745929).
* FC transport driver killing off the timers/work queues (bnc#734300).
* The driver ixgbevf doesn't work on newer SLES 11-SP1 kernels
  (bnc#752972).
* Pack sparsemem memmap sections closer together and in higher zones
  (bnc#743870).

Following feature was implemented:

* The megaraid_sas driver update to version 5.40-LSI (bnc#736813).

Security Issues:

* CVE-2011-1083
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1083>
* CVE-2011-4086
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4086>
* CVE-2011-4622
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4622>
* CVE-2012-0045
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0045>
* CVE-2012-0879
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0879>
* CVE-2012-1090
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1090>
* CVE-2012-1097
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1097>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
linux-2.6
Debian:5.0
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 2.6.26-26lenny3, plus listed versions
2.6.26-132.6.26-13lenny22.6.26-13lenny2~bpo40+12.6.26-142.6.26-15
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2.6.26-15lenny12.6.26-15lenny22.6.26-15lenny32.6.26-15~bpo40+12.6.26-15~bpo40+22.6.26-162.6.26-172.6.26-17lenny12.6.26-17lenny22.6.26-17lenny2~bpo40+12.6.26-17~bpo40+12.6.26-182.6.26-192.6.26-19lenny12.6.26-19lenny22.6.26-19~bpo40+12.6.26-202.6.26-20~bpo40+12.6.26-212.6.26-21lenny12.6.26-21lenny22.6.26-21lenny32.6.26-21lenny42.6.26-21~bpo40+12.6.26-222.6.26-22lenny12.6.26-232.6.26-242.6.26-24lenny12.6.26-252.6.26-25lenny12.6.26-262.6.26-26lenny12.6.26-26lenny2
2.6.26-26lenny3
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5

History

History
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In short

CVE-2010-2524 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Linux Kernel, published September 8, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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