#VU92553 Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4668 

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#VU92553 Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4668

Published: January 3, 2011 / Updated: August 12, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92553
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4668
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion error within the blk_rq_map_user_iov() function in block/blk-map.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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