CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-3437

6.6 MEDIUM Published 2010-10-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-10-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted index value in a PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS ioctl call.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.36) • linux linux kernel 2.6.36 • opensuse opensuse 11.2 • opensuse opensuse 11.3 • suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse linux enterprise desktop 11 • suse linux enterprise real time extension 11 • suse linux enterprise server 9 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • suse linux enterprise server 11 • suse linux enterprise software development kit 10 • debian debian linux 5.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References