CVE-2010-3079
kernel/trace/ftrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.5, when debugfs is enabled, does not properly handle interaction between mutex possession and llseek operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and outage of all function tracing files) via an lseek call on a file descriptor associated with the set_ftrace_filter file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3081)
- Published
- September 30, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3081 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
- suse / linux enterprise server
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9c55cb12c1c172e2d51e85fbb5a4796ca86b77e7
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758(Broken Link)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.5(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43684(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Broken Link)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=631623(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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