Upstream information

CVE-2010-4656 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1

Note from the SUSE Security Team

The iowarrior did not exists on SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and older kernels, so these are not affected.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 666842 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SA:2011:019, published Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:00:00 +0000
  • SUSE-SA:2011:020, published Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:00:00 +0000
  • openSUSE-SU-2011:0399-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0927-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • kernel-docs >= 3.0.101-63.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.13-0.27.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA kernel-default-3.0.13-0.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA kernel-default-3.0.76-0.11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-docs >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-63.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-default Ignore
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source Ignore
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP4 kernel-source-rt Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1 kernel-source-rt Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source-rt Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kernel-source Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP1 kernel-source-rt Unsupported
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP2 kernel-source-rt Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 18:03:56 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 1 00:20:44 2024