CVE-2010-4343

Name: CVE-2010-4343
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2010-12-29T18:00:02.867+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 0.39%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-4343 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not initialize a certain port data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via read operations on an fc_host statistics file.. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not initialize a certain port data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via read operations on an fc_host statistics file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability

0.39%

30.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-665

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux Kernel	< 2.6.35
Vmware	Esx	4.0
Vmware	Esx	4.1

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 29, 2010
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2010-4343?

How severe is CVE-2010-4343?

CVE-2010-4343 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4343?

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Source: NVD / NIST