CVE-2010-1446: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.30 only; version 2.6.30.1 only; version 2.6.30.2 only; version 2.6.30.3 only; version 2.6.30.4 only; version 2.6.30.5 only; …

Published 2010-05-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.