CVE-2010-3079 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2010-3079 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 30/09/2010 | CVE Updated: 07/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2010
Source: redhat | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2010-3079 Description

kernel/trace/ftrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.5, when debugfs is enabled, does not properly handle interaction between mutex possession and llseek operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and outage of all function tracing files) via an lseek call on a file descriptor associated with the set_ftrace_filter file.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).