CVE-2010-4248: Linux Kernel

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

Race condition in the __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use of a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c, and the selection of a new thread group leader in the de_thread function in fs/exec.c.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 2.6.37 (fixed in 2.6.37); version 2.6.37 only

Published 2010-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.