CVE-2010-4343

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: December 29, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-665

Affected Vendors

vmware linux

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