Bug 386405

Summary:	Kernel: hvc_close(): Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2010-2653)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	[linux < 2.6.34]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.