01 Record
CVE-2010-2954
The irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 does not properly handle failure of the irda_open_tsap function, which allows local users to cause a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 does not properly handle failure of the irda_open_tsap function, which allows local users to cause a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-09-03 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-08-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7da9b736d1121e956bd786a65e0a11379facfc14fce2740f43de18e928df2abe
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1000-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:041http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html
- secunia.com41234http://secunia.com/advisories/41234
- twitter.comhttp://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22635752128
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-irdabind-dos(61522)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61522
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2430http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100901 CVE-2010-2954 kernel: irda null ptr derefhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128331787923285&w=2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:007http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- www.spinics.net[netdev] 20100830 [PATCH] irda: Correctly clean up self->ias_obj on irda_bind() failure.http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg139404.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628770
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0298http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:050http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2266http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2266
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901.bz2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:054http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html
- secunia.com41512http://secunia.com/advisories/41512
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=628e300cccaa628d8fb92aa28cb7530a3d5f2257