CVE - CVE-2010-3079

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-3079	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
kernel/trace/ftrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.5, when debugfs is enabled, does not properly handle interaction between mutex possession and llseek operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and outage of all function tracing files) via an lseek call on a file descriptor associated with the set_ftrace_filter file.
References
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MISC:42758 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 MISC:43684 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43684 MISC:ADV-2011-0070 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-0298 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2010:0842 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:050 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2011:007 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html MISC:USN-1041-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c55cb12c1c172e2d51e85fbb5a4796ca86b77e7 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c55cb12c1c172e2d51e85fbb5a4796ca86b77e7 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.5 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.5 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631623 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631623
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100820	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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100820)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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