NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-2954
The irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 does not properly handle failure of the irda_open_tsap function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact via multiple unsuccessful calls to bind on an AF_IRDA (aka PF_IRDA) socket.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.36
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.10, 6.06, 10.04
- openSUSE — versions 11.3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/41234 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22635752128 (Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61522 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg139404.html (mailing-list, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)