CVE-2010-4668 (GCVE-0-2010-4668)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-03 19:26 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:51
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Summary
The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a zero-length I/O request in a device ioctl to a SCSI device, related to an unaligned map. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4163.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2334 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2010-11-29 00:00
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