CVE-2010-3066: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The io_submit_one function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted io_submit system call with an IOCB_FLAG_RESFD flag.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.22.19; version 2.6 only; version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.10 only; …

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