CVE-2010-2243 Information

Description

A vulnerability exists in kernel/time/clocksource.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 where on non-GENERIC_TIME systems (GENERIC_TIME=n) accessing /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource results in an OOPS.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2243 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ad6759fbf35d104dbf573cd6f4c6784ad6823f7e https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2243 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/25/1

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5