01 Record
CVE-2010-4343
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- 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
- 2010-12-29 17:27Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-30
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-665Improper InitializationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1dabeaa7b8e10b1a1ff3b519544b54c6ef5a67fbf0d1f37867f242deddef72e0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com45262http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101209 Re: CVE request: kernel: bfa driver sysfs crashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
- www.securityfocus.com20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0017http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- www.spinics.net[linux-scsi] 20100521 [PATCH 1/2] bfa: fix system crash when reading sysfs fc_host statisticshttp://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg43772.html
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- secunia.com42884http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101208 CVE request: kernel: bfa driver sysfs crashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661182
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61