Release Date: | 2010-09-30 |
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.
See more information about CVE-2010-3079 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 4.7 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | Medium |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2011-0007 | 2011-02-12 |
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