7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.4%
A vulnerability exists in kernel/time/clocksource.c in the Linux kernel
before 2.6.34 where on non-GENERIC_TIME systems (GENERIC_TIME=n), accessing
/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource results in
an OOPS.
Author | Note |
---|---|
apw | this is is fixed by the commit below: ad6759fbf35d104dbf573cd6f4c6784ad6823f7e CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME must be disabled to trigger the issue too and this option was removed moving =y everywhere in the commit below: 592913ecb87a9e06f98ddb55b298f1a66bf94c6b the option already existed in v2.6.24. confirmed configuration was always on for hardy, lucid and maverick |
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.4%