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.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Source: MITRE
Published: 2010-12-29
Updated: 2023-02-13
Type: CWE-665
Base Score: 4.7
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.4
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM