CVE-2010-4163

medium

Description

The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 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.

References

Advisories
More

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652957

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44793

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029

http://secunia.com/advisories/42932

http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

http://secunia.com/advisories/42801

http://secunia.com/advisories/42778

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/29/1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/18

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9284bcf4e335e5f18a8bc7b26461c33ab60d0689

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-01-03

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H