CVE-2010-4163
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 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.
Find out more about CVE-2010-4163 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 as they did not backport the upstream commit c5dec1c3
that introduced the issue. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0330.html.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2011:0007 | 2011-01-11 |
| MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2011:0330 | 2011-03-10 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation