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CVE-2010-3079

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published9/30/2010

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxlinux:linux_kernelsuse:linux_enterprise_desktopsuse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extensionsuse:linux_enterprise_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c55cb12c1c172e2d51e85fbb5a4796ca86b77e7(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/42758(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.5(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43684(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631623(secalert@redhat.com)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c55cb12c1c172e2d51e85fbb5a4796ca86b77e7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/42758(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43684(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631623(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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