What is CVE-2010-1087?

CVE-2010-1087 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2010-1087 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1087?

CVE-2010-1087 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-1087?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-1087 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-1087 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1087 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-1087

High

The nfs_wait_on_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x through 2.6.33-rc5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-04-06

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

13 total

Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/03/1

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567184

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9f557cd8073104b39528794d44e129331ded649f
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830

Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-1087

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-04-06

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1087?

CVE-2010-1087 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2010-1087 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1087?

CVE-2010-1087 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-1087?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-1087 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-1087 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-1087 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.