What is CVE-2010-5313?

CVE-2010-5313 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362). CVE-2010-5313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-5313?

CVE-2010-5313 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-5313?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-5313. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2010-5313 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-5313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CVE-2010-5313

Medium

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows L2 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (L1 guest OS crash) via a crafted instruction that triggers an L2 emulation failure report, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7842.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-11-30

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-362

CVE-2010-5313 is a Race Condition vulnerability

What is Race Condition?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2010-5313 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
Mirror
http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71363
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163762
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fc3a9157d3148ab91039c75423da8ef97be3e105
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc3a9157d3148ab91039c75423da8ef97be3e105
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-5313

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-11-30

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-5313?

CVE-2010-5313 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 , classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362) . CVE-2010-5313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-5313?

CVE-2010-5313 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-5313?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-5313. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2010-5313 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2010-5313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. View CWE-362 on MITRE CWE →