Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3080
Published: June 4, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90973
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3080
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the snd_seq_oss_open() function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c. A local user can trigger a double free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3080
Install updates from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 2.6.36 rc4
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/08/7
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630551
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43062
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- 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
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27f7ad53829f79e799a253285318bff79ece15bd
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c598337660c21c0afaa9df5a65bb4a7a0cf15be8