Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 30, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3079
CVE-2010-3079
Description
kernel/trace/ftrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.5, when debugfs is enabled, does not properly handle interaction between mutex possession and llseek operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and outage of all function tracing files) via an lseek call on a file descriptor associated with the set_ftrace_filter file.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
11- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/43684nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/42758nvdBroken Link
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.5nvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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