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CVE-2010-4668

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4668 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, affecting versions before 2.6.37-rc7. A local attacker can trigger a system panic by sending a zero-length I/O request to a SCSI device via a device ioctl, stemming from an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating low attack complexity and local access required, with the primary impact being system availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.37:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.55.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4668Moderate

kernel: panic when submitting certain 0-length I/O requests

Nov 10, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lkml.org / lkml/2010/11/29/68
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
lkml.org / lkml/2010/11/29/70
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/29/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/7
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42890
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/64496
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
patchwork.kernel.org / patch/363282
PatchThird Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc7
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/45660
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry