CVE-2010-2653

Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.

CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2010-10-05 18:00

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:05

NVD link : CVE-2010-2653

Mitre link : CVE-2010-2653

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-2653

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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