CVE-2010-3079

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-3079
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2010-09-30T15:00:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:22:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.35.5
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9c55cb12c1c172e2d51e85fbb5a4796ca86b77e7 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.5 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631623 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43684 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Broken Link
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3079
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3079
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:22:06 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:03:54 2023-02-13T04:22:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:03:54 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated