Vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel
CVE-2010-4343
drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not initialize a certain port data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via read operations on an fc_host statistics file.
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
EPSS: 0.001 (22.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Vmware Esx — versions 4.0, 4.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 45262 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- [oss-security] 20101209 Re: CVE request: kernel: bfa driver sysfs crash (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- RHSA-2011:0017 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- 46397 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- [linux-scsi] 20100521 [PATCH 1/2] bfa: fix system crash when reading sysfs fc_host statistics (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- 42884 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- [oss-security] 20101208 CVE request: kernel: bfa driver sysfs crash (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-4343?
- CVE-2010-4343 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2010-12-29.
- How severe is CVE-2010-4343?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.