SB2010090302 - Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel
Published: September 3, 2010
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010090302
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2954)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to null pointer dereference error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628770
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128331787923285&w=2
- http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22635752128
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg139404.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41234
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2266
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901.bz2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41512
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61522
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=628e300cccaa628d8fb92aa28cb7530a3d5f2257