CVE-2010-3079
Medium
Description
kernel/trace/ftrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.5, when debugfs is enabled, does not properly handle interaction between mutex possession and llseek operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and outage of all function tracing files) via an lseek call on a file descriptor associated with the set_ftrace_filter file.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Linux Kernel
PublishedSep 30, 2010
First seenSep 30, 2010
How to fix
Update
- linux linux_kernel2.6.35.5 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | v < 2.6.35.5 | 2.6.35.5 |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 9.10, 10.04, 10.10 | — |
| suse linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | — |
| suse linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension | 11 | — |
| suse linux_enterprise_server | 11 | — |
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