CVE-2010-4343

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2010-12-29

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-665

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Esx (Vmware)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182