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?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-5313 patch availability.

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

11 total

Mirror
http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38

Vendor Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/7

Patch Vendor Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc3a9157d3148ab91039c75423da8ef97be3e105

Patch Vendor Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fc3a9157d3148ab91039c75423da8ef97be3e105
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html

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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?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-5313 patch availability.
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.