Medium severity · published Dec 29, 2010
CVE-2010-4343
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…
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.35 · source: NVD
ES
Esx · Vmware
4.0; 4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4343
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4343
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
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