CVE-2010-4083

CVE-2010-4083 affects the Linux kernel (pre-2.6.36). The vulnerable code path is copy_semid_to_user() in ipc/sem.c, where a structure is not initialized, enabling local attackers to leak kernel stack memory via semctl commands (IPC_INFO, SEM_INFO, IPC_STAT, SEM_STAT). The issue is mitigated by up...

CVE-2010-2226

CVE-2010-2226 affects the Linux kernel: the xfs_swapext function in fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c does not properly validate file descriptors passed to the SWAPEXT ioctl, enabling a local user with write access to swap a file into another and gain read access. The issue is present in kernel versions before ...

CVE-2010-3310

CVE-2010-3310 refers to multiple signedness errors in net/rose/af_rose.c of the Linux kernel, fixed before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100923. The vulnerability allows local users to induce a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly cause other unspecified impacts through a rose_getname call ...

CVE-2010-0622

CVE-2010-0622 affects the Linux kernel’s wake_futex_pi path in kernel/futex.c. The advisory notes that kernels before 2.6.33-rc7 fail to handle certain unlock operations for Priority Inheritance futexes, allowing local users to trigger a denial of service (OOPS) and potentially other impacts via ...

CVE-2010-2803

CVE-2010-2803 affects the Linux kernel DRM subsystem. The drm_ioctl path in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c allows a local user to request a large memory allocation and may leak kernel memory contents. Affected trees/versions include 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2...

CVE-2010-2943

CVE-2010-2943 affects the Linux kernel's XFS implementation up to version 2.6.34, where inode allocation B-trees are not consulted before reading inode buffers. This allows remote authenticated users to read unlinked files or read/overwrite disk blocks that were previously allocated to an unlinke...

CVE-2010-3080

CVE-2010-3080 is a double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s snd_seq_oss_open() (sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c) affecting kernels before 2.6.36-rc4. An unsuccessful open of /dev/sequencer could trigger kernel memory corruption, leading to local denial of service and potentially other im...

CVE-2010-0437

CVE-2010-0437 affects the Linux kernel, specifically versions prior to 2.6.27. The vulnerability resides in ip6_dst_lookup_tail() (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c) where certain conditions involving an IPv6 TUN interface and a large number of neighbors are mishandled, allowing a remote attacker to cause a ...

CVE-2010-1437

CVE-2010-1437 is a race condition in the Linux kernel’s keyring handling (find_keyring_by_name in security/keys/keyring.c) affecting version 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier. A local user can exploit this via keyctl session commands that access a dead keyring being deleted by key_cleanup, leading to memory...

CVE-2010-2954

The CVE-2010-2954 issue affects the Linux kernel IRDA stack: irda_bind in net/irda/af_irda.c may dereference a NULL pointer when irda_open_tsap fails, causing local denial of service (kernel panic) via repeated unsuccessful binds on AF_IRDA (PF_IRDA) sockets. Affected software is the Linux kernel...

CVE-2010-3874

CVE-2010-3874: Heap-based buffer overflow in the bcm_connect function of net/can/bcm.c (Broadcast Manager) in the Linux kernel CAN implementation. Affects 64-bit kernels, before 2.6.36.2, enabling local attackers to cause memory corruption and a denial of service via a connect operation. The conn...

CVE-2010-4169

CVE-2010-4169 is a Linux kernel use-after-free in mm/mprotect.c, vulnerable before 2.6.37-rc2. Local users can trigger a denial of service via an mprotect syscall. The MiracleLinux advisory AXSA:2011-80:02 confirms the issue among kernel fixes; remediation is to upgrade to kernel 2.6.37-rc2 or ne...

CVE-2010-3066

The CVE-2010-3066 issue affects the Linux kernel (fs/aio.c: io_submit_one) in versions prior to 2.6.23. A crafted io_submit call with IOCB_FLAG_RESFD can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service. The problem is rooted in the asynchronous I/O path (io_...

CVE-2010-4078

CVE-2010-4078 affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6, where the sisfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c fails to properly initialize a structure member. This allows local users to leak potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl. Connec...

CVE-2010-4347

CVE-2010-4347 affects the Linux kernel’s ACPI subsystem. The vulnerability arises in the debugfs interface (custom_method file) which, due to world-writable 0222 permissions, lets a local user place a custom ACPI method in interpreter tables via acpi_debugfs_init in drivers/acpi/debugfs.c. This c...

CVE-2010-1084

CVE-2010-1084 affects Linux kernel 2.6.18–2.6.33 (and possibly other versions); vulnerability arises from memory corruption triggered by a large number of Bluetooth sockets, related to sysfs file sizing in net/bluetooth/l2cap.c, net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c, net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c, and net/bl...

CVE-2010-2963

CVE-2010-2963 affects the Linux kernel’s Video4Linux (V4L) implementation on x86_64, where a flaw in the v4l2-compat ioctl32 code fails to validate the destination of a memory copy, enabling a local user to write arbitrary kernel memory via VIDIOCSTUNER on a /dev/video device followed by VIDIOCSM...

CVE-2010-0410

CVE-2010-0410 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.32.7, via drivers/connector/connector.c, allowing local users to cause memory exhaustion and a system crash by flooding NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages. The MiracleLinux advisories (AXSA:2010-285:05 and AXSA:2010-323:11) explicitly include CVE-2...

CVE-2010-1083

CVE-2010-1083 affects the Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.32 (and possibly similar versions); the processcompl_compat path in drivers/usb/core/devio.c fails to clear the transfer buffer before returning to userspace when a USB command fails, enabling potential information leakage of kernel memory to...

CVE-2010-1146

The CVE-2010-1146 entry concerns the Linux kernel (2.6.33.2 and earlier) where, if a ReiserFS filesystem exists, read/write access to the .reiserfs_priv directory is not restricted. Local attackers could exploit this by modifying extended attributes or ACLs, demonstrated by deleting a file under ...

CVE-2010-3079

CVE-2010-3079 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.35.4, specifically in kernel/trace/ftrace.c when debugfs is enabled. The issue arises from interaction between mutex possession and llseek, causing a NULL pointer dereference and outage of all ftrace-related files, leading to a local DoS. A...

CVE-2010-3861

CVE-2010-3861 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.36. The vulnerability arises in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c, which fails to initialize a certain block of heap memory. This can allow a local user to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLA...

CVE-2010-4076

CVE-2010-4076 affects Linux kernel 2.6.36.1 and earlier. The rs_ioctl function in drivers/char/amiserial.c does not initialize a structure member, enabling local users to read potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via TIOCGICOUNT. A fix is to apply the kernel update that addr...

CVE-2010-4082

CVE-2010-4082 affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.36-rc5, where viafb_ioctl_get_viafb_info in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c fails to initialize a structure member. This can allow local users to leak potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFB_GET_INFO ioctl call. The issu...

CVE-2010-0008

CVE-2010-0008 affects the Linux kernel SCTP implementation prior to 2.6.23. The vulnerability in sctp_rcv_ootb allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an Out Of The Blue (OOTB) chunk or a zero-length chunk. This CVE is also referenced in MiracleLinux AXSA-2010-166...

CVE-2010-2955

The CVE-2010-2955 issue affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831, specifically the cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c, which fails to initialize certain structure members. This enables a local attacker to exploit an off-by-one error in ioctl_standard_iw_...

CVE-2010-2066

CVE-2010-2066 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.34. The flaw is in fs/ext4/move_extent.c: the mext_check_arguments routine, which can allow a local attacker to overwrite an append-only file when using the MOVE_EXT ioctl and designating that file as the donor. The issue arises from insuff...

CVE-2010-4248

The CVE-2010-4248 issue affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.37-rc2. It is a race condition in the __exit_signal function (kernel/exit.c) that can be triggered by multithreaded exec paths, with related dynamics involving a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c and the reassignment of ...

CVE-2010-4342

Vulnerability (CVE-2010-4342) in the Linux kernel affects the AUN path when Econet is enabled. The flaw is in the aun_incoming function (net/econet/af_econet.c) and allows remote attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and kernel OOPS, causing a denial of service via UDP-based Acorn Unive...

CVE-2010-0007

CVE-2010-0007 affects the Linux kernel’s ebtables in netfilter, where netfilter/ebtables.c allows local users to modify rules without CAP_NET_ADMIN, bypassing access restrictions and enabling arbitrary network-traffic filtering via a modified ebtables user-space tool. Vulnerable: kernel before 2....

CVE-2010-4079

CVE-2010-4079 affects the Linux kernel ivtvfb driver (ivtvfb_ioctl in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c) prior to 2.6.36-rc8. The root cause is failure to initialize a structure member, enabling local users to leak information from kernel stack memory via the FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl. Affected versio...

CVE-2009-4141

CVE-2009-4141 is a local-privilege escalation in the Linux kernel (fs/fcntl.c: fasync_helper) where enabling O_ASYNC on a locked file and closing it can grant privileges. Affected: Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1. Root cause: use-after-free in fasync_helper. Mitigation: apply the upstream pat...

CVE-2010-2537

CVE-2010-2537 affects the Linux kernel’s btrfs_ioctl_clone path: the btrfs_ioctl_clone function in fs/btrfs/ioctl.c before 2.6.35 allows a local attacker to overwrite an append‑only file when using BTRFS_IOC_CLONE or BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE with a donor file. Impact is local privilege/unauthorized ...

CVE-2010-3297

CVE-2010-3297 affects the Linux kernel net/eql driver; the eql_g_master_cfg function in drivers/net/eql.c did not initialize a structure member, enabling local users to read kernel stack memory via an EQL_GETMASTRCFG ioctl. Affects kernels before 2.6.36-rc5; corrected in subsequent patches (net/e...

CVE-2010-3298

CVE-2010-3298 affects the Linux kernel. The hso_get_count function in drivers/net/usb/hso.c, in kernel builds before 2.6.36-rc5, does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to read potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the TIOCGICOUNT ioctl. T...

CVE-2010-1086

The CVE-2010-1086 entry concerns the Linux kernel (dvb-core) ULE decapsulation code in dvb_net.c. A vulnerability in the ULE Payload Pointer handling allows an attacker to induce an infinite-loop denial of service via a crafted MPEG-2 TS frame, affecting kernel 2.6.33 and earlier. Connected advis...

CVE-2010-0298

Summary: CVE-2010-0298 affects the x86 emulator in KVM 83, where CPL/IOPL checks are not applied to CPL3 memory accesses, enabling a guest OS user to crash the guest or gain privileges via an IO port or MMIO region (related to CVE-2010-0306). What is affected: KVM/x86 emulator code in affected Li...

CVE-2010-4565

CVE-2010-4565 affects the Linux kernel CAN implementation (bcm_connect in net/can/bcm.c) on 2.6.36 and earlier, where a publicly accessible file is created with a filename containing a kernel memory address. This filename exposure can allow local attackers to glean potentially sensitive informati...

CVE-2010-1087

CVE-2010-1087 affects the Linux kernel family 2.6.x up to 2.6.33-rc5. The vulnerability is in nfs_wait_on_request (fs/nfs/pagelist.c) and can cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible. The impact is a DoS on...

CVE-2010-1088

CVE-2010-1088 affects the MiracleLinux 3 kernel package (kernel-2.6.18-194.3.AXS3). It concerns the Linux kernel component fs/namei.c for versions 2.6.18 through 2.6.34 where automounting of NFS symlinks may not be followed, with the impact described as “unknown” in the advisory and related to LO...

CVE-2010-2946

CVE-2010-2946 affects the Linux kernel via a flaw in fs/jfs/xattr.c where a legacy extended-attributes storage format could let local attackers bypass xattr namespace restrictions using an os2. prefix. Several connected advisories confirm the issue and reference the affected range: Linux kernel v...

CVE-2010-4077

CVE-2010-4077 affects the Linux kernel up to 2.6.36.1: the function ntty_ioctl_tiocgicount in drivers/char/nozomi.c fails to initialize a structure member, allowing local attackers to read potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via the TIOCGICOUNT ioctl. The connected advisori...

CVE-2010-4161

CVE-2010-4161 affects the Linux kernel 2.6.18 build used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The issue lies in udp_queue_rcv_skb in net/ipv4/udp.c, where a crafted socket filter and UDP traffic can trigger a denial of service (deadlock/system hang). The related CVE-2010-4158 is referenced. Connected d...

CVE-2010-0291

CVE-2010-0291 is a Linux kernel local privilege/escalation/DoS issue described in connected advisories as affecting the kernel before 2.6.32.4. The vulnerability stems from the do_mremap/mmap handling, allowing local users to gain privileges or trigger a panic. The MiracleLinux AXSA:2010-377:12 a...

CVE-2010-2478

CVE-2010-2478: The Linux kernel before 2.6.33.7 on 32-bit platforms has an integer overflow in ethtool_get_rxnfc(), triggered by a large info.rule_cnt via ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL. Local users can cause a denial of service or potentially other impact (as described in the connected Mirage/Linux advisor...

CVE-2010-1085

CVE-2010-1085 affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.x/2.6.33-rc4 on the AMD780V chipset. The vulnerability is in the azx_position_ok function in hda_intel.c, where certain inputs can trigger a divide-by-zero and cause a crash (DoS). Public advisories from MiracleLinux and Oracle Linux list this ...

CVE-2010-4074

CVE-2010-4074 affects Linux kernel USB subsystem prior to 2.6.36-rc5, where several structure members were not properly initialized. This can let local users read potentially sensitive data from kernel stack memory via TIOCGICOUNT-related ioctl paths, specifically mos7720_ioctl and mos7840_ioctl ...

CVE-2010-0003

The connected document confirms CVE-2010-0003 affects the Linux kernel (i386) before 2.6.32.4, where the print_fatal_signal path in kernel/signal.c can let local users read arbitrary memory by jumping to an address and reading a log, with potential DoS via the same jump. This is associated with t...

CVE-2009-4895

CVE-2009-4895 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel's tty_fasync path (drivers/char/tty_io.c) prior to 2.6.32.6, enabling local users to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. The issue is tied to put_tty_queue and __f_setown, with a note that it was a...

CVE-2010-2960

CVE-2010-2960 affects Linux kernel 2.6.35.4 and earlier: the keyctl_session_to_parent function assumes a parent session keyring exists, allowing local users to cause a NULL pointer dereference and system crash (denial of service) via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument. Root cause pertains to ses...