FKIE_CVE-2010-4343

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-12-29 18:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:24
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42884Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.htmlBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/42884Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
vmware esx 4.0
vmware esx 4.1

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    },
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  "id": "CVE-2010-4343",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:24:35.983",
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