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CVE-2010-3437 Detail

Description

Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted index value in a PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS ioctl call.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=252a52aa4fa22a668f019e55b3aac3ff71ec1c29 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://jon.oberheide.org/files/cve-2010-3437.c CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15150/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43551 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638085 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3437
NVD Published Date:
10/04/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.