CVE-2010-3079

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 2.6.35.5 - Denial of Service via lseek on set_ftrace_filter File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

kernel/trace/ftrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.5, when debugfs is enabled, does not properly handle interaction between mutex possession and llseek operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and outage of all function tracing files) via an lseek call on a file descriptor associated with the set_ftrace_filter file.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631623
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43684
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.10
linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.35.5
suse/linux_enterprise_desktop 11
suse/linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension 11 sp1
suse/linux_enterprise_server 11
Published Sep 30, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026