386405 – Kernel: hvc_close(): Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2010-2653)

Bug 386405 - Kernel: hvc_close(): Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2010-2653)

Summary: Kernel: hvc_close(): Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2010-2653)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	[linux < 2.6.34]
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Reported:	2011-10-08 17:15 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2013-09-15 20:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2011-10-08 17:15:31 UTC

CVE-2010-2653 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2653):
  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.