Description
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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.35
- VMware / esx4.0 – 4.0
- VMware / esx4.1 – 4.1
References
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- MISChttp://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html
- MISChttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182
- MISChttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61