CVE-2010-4656
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Out-of-bounds write
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The iowarrior_write function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly allocate memory, which might allow local users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and consequently cause a denial of service or gain privileges, via a long report.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672420Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ed780117dbe5acb64280d218f0347f238dafed0
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46069Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1Advisory