CVE-2010-3448

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-02-26
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 on ThinkPad devices, when the X.Org X server is used, does not properly restrict access to the video output control state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a (1) read or (2) write operation.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.0
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0839	2010-11-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.26.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0839	2010-11-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.26.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0839	2010-11-09