CVE-2010-4668

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-01-03
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a zero-length I/O request in a device ioctl to a SCSI device, related to an unaligned map. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4163.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.7
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2010	2011-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-100.28.9.el5)	ELSA-2011-2010	2011-03-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0007	2011-02-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2011-2010	2011-03-16