Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3015

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Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3015

Published: August 20, 2010 / Updated: October 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU91191
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3015
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the ext4_ext_in_cache() and ext4_ext_get_blocks() functions in fs/ext4/extents.c, within the ext4_init_block_bitmap() function in fs/ext4/balloc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2010-3015

Install update from vendor's website.

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