CVE-2010-4656

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The iowarrior_write function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly allocate memory, which might allow local users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and consequently cause a denial of service or gain privileges, via a long report.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ed780117dbe5acb64280d218f0347f238dafed0
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46069Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672420Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ed780117dbe5acb64280d218f0347f238dafed0
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46069Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672420Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 18, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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