High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-2243

Description

A vulnerability exists in kernel/time/clocksource.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 where on non-GENERIC_TIME systems (GENERIC_TIME=n), accessing /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource results in an OOPS.

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Affected products

linux-2.6/linux-2.6v5
Range: before 2.6.33
Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy2 versions
<2.6.34+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.6.34
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.6.33

Patches

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References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/25/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2243nvdThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2243nvdThird Party Advisory

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