CVE-2010-2653

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2010-02-26
CWE:
CWE-662->CWE-362->CWE-672->CWE-476
Bugzilla:
568621: CVE-2010-2653 kvm: vulnerability in the hvc_console code that gets exposed via the new virtio_console functionality

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-2653 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of KVM as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it does not contain the patch that introduced this vulnerability.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 7.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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