CVE-2010-3079 is a local denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically versions before 2.6.35.5, when debugfs is enabled. It arises from improper handling of mutex possession and llseek operations within the ftrace component, impacting Canonical and SUSE distributions. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability allows a local attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by performing an lseek call on the set_ftrace_filter file, leading to an outage of all function tracing files. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.35.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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