CVE-2010-4343

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 2.6.35 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

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)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/42884

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] 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

Classification

CWE

CWE-665

Status draft

Affected Products (3)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.35

vmware/esx

Timeline

Published Dec 29, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026