CVE-2010-4157

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large argument in an ioctl call.

Category

6.2
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://ns3.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg47361.html mailing list broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651147 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/3 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f63ae56e4e97fb12053590e41a4fa59e7daa74a4
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/1 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/4 mailing list patch exploit third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 vdb entry third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/5 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/12 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44648 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.1 broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4157?
CVE-2010-4157 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4157?
To fix CVE-2010-4157, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4157 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4157 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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