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CVE-2010-4668
Published: Jan 3, 2011
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc7 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, related to an unaligned map. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4163.
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References
45660
vdb-entry
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[oss-security] 20101130 Re: CVE request: kernel: Multiple DoS issues in block layer
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20101130 Re: CVE request: kernel: Multiple DoS issues in block layer
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2011:0007
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20101129 Re: CVE request: kernel: Multiple DoS issues in block layer
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[linux-kernel] 20101129 Re: [PATCH] block: check for proper length of iov entries earlier in blk_rq_map_user_iov()
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[linux-kernel] 20101129 [PATCH] block: check for proper length of iov entries earlier in blk_rq_map_user_iov()
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
42890
third-party-advisory
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/363282/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc7
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linux-blkrqmapuseriov-dos(64496)
vdb-entry
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