PT-2010-4523 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2010-11-10 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2010-3066

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.23

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereference. This can be achieved by using a crafted io submit system call with an IOCB FLAG RESFD flag.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.23, update to version 2.6.23 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3066

RHSA-2010:0839

RHSA-2010_0839

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 22

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04590 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04589 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3066 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04609 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631716 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04610 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-05302 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024708 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3078 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3477 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3448 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 · Note