PT-2012-1311 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2012-06-21 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2010-4650

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the fuse do ioctl function in fs/fuse/file.c, which can be exploited by local users. This can lead to a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts by leveraging the ability to operate a CUSE server.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.37, update to version 2.6.37 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4650

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 6

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7572777eef78ebdee1ecb7c258c0ef94d35bad16 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4650 · Security Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7572777eef78ebdee1ecb7c258c0ef94d35bad16 · Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667892 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/18 · Note