CVE-2010-4343

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 2.6.35 - Denial of Service via Uninitialized Port Data Structure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not initialize a certain port data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via read operations on an fc_host statistics file.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.9%
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-665
Status published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.35
vmware/esx 4.0
vmware/esx 4.1
Published Dec 29, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026