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title: "CVE-2010-1446\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-1446

Publication date 21 May 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

arch/powerpc/mm/fsl\_booke\_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and
other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly
perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local
users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.15 | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1446)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1446)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-1446)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1446)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1446>