National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2653

Overview

Race condition in the hvc_close function in drivers/char/hvc_console.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by closing a Hypervisor Virtual Console device, related to the hvc_open and hvc_remove functions.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568621

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=320718ee074acce5ffced6506cb51af1388942aa

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100707 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/07/5

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100706 CVE Request: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/06/7

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100630 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/01/1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100419 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100419 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/19/1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100417 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/18/1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100417 Re: kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/17/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20100304 kernel: hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/04/3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/

Hyperlink:http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/83353/

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-kernel] 20100303 [PATCH v2] hvc_console: Fix race between hvc_close and hvc_remove

Hyperlink:http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/3/207