Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:2.6.32-100.28.9.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDOC-2461379
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Jan 2011

Introduced: 3 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-4668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:2.6.32-100.28.9.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-2010.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a zero-length I/O request in a device ioctl to a SCSI device, related to an unaligned map. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4163.

CVSS Scores

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