CVE-2010-4656 Information

Description

The iowarrior_write function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly allocate memory which might allow local users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and consequently cause a denial of service or gain privileges via a long report.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3ed780117dbe5acb64280d218f0347f238dafed0 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46069 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672420

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8