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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2010-09-30T14:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-07T02:55:46.715Z
Reserved: 2010-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2010-3079
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Status : Modified
Published: 2010-09-30T15:00:02.050
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2010-3079