Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-4668
The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a zero-length I/O request in a device ioctl to a SCSI device, related to an unaligned map. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4163.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/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 (32.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.2% 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 2.6.37
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45660 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/4 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/7 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/29/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/29/70 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/29/68 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42890 (Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- patchwork.kernel.org/patch/363282/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/