What is CVE-2010-4343?

CVE-2010-4343 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2010-4343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4343?

CVE-2010-4343 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4343?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4343. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2010-4343 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-4343

Medium

drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not initialize a certain port data structure, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via read operations on an fc_host statistics file.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-12-29

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-665

CVE-2010-4343 is classified as CWE-665

See CWE-665 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2010-4343 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884

Broken Link
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Broken Link
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

Broken Link
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html

Broken Link
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45262

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7873ca4e4401f0ecd8868bf1543113467e6bae61
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/3
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/15
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-4343

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2010-12-29

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4343?

CVE-2010-4343 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2010-4343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4343?

CVE-2010-4343 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4343?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4343. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2010-4343 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2010-4343 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.