CVE - CVE-2010-2653

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2653	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa CONFIRM:http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/ CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20100303 [PATCH v2] hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100304 kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100417 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100417 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100419 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100419 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100630 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100706 CVE Request: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100707 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20100707	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20100707)
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