CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2010-1148
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.54%
Linux
Original NVD Description
The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.