CVE-2010-1148: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.33.2

Published 2010-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.