What is CVE-2010-1088?

CVE-2010-1088 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4 out of 10. CVE-2010-1088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1088?

CVE-2010-1088 has a CVSS score of 5.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-1088?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-1088 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-1088 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-1088

Medium

fs/namei.c in Linux kernel 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 does not always follow NFS automount "symlinks," which allows attackers to have an unknown impact, related to LOOKUP_FOLLOW.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-04-06

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.4

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

15 total

Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/3

Patch
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567813

Patch
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ac278a9c505092dd82077a2446af8f9fc0d9c095
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-1088

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.4 / 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-2010-1088?

CVE-2010-1088 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4 out of 10 . CVE-2010-1088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1088?

CVE-2010-1088 has a CVSS score of 5.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-1088?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-1088 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-1088 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-1088 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.