CVE-2010-1085

Summary

CVECVE-2010-1085
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-06 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe azx_position_ok function in hda_intel.c in Linux kernel 2.6.33-rc4 and earlier, when running on the AMD780V chip set, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown manipulations that trigger a divide-by-zero error.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
ASA-2010-146 (RHSA-2010-0394 RHSA-2010-0424) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2011-0003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 567168 – CVE-2010-1085 kernel: ALSA: hda-intel: Avoid divide by zero crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
LKML: "": PROBLEM: hda-intel divide by zero kernel crash in azx_position_ok() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Nctritech.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nctritech.net Broken Link
VMware ESX Server Multiple Kernel Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: ALSA: hda-intel: Avoid divide by zero crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'azx_position_ok()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
ASA-2010-144 (RHSA-2010-0398) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-04-07Vincent DanenRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2010-1085 This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not include the affected function. A future update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 may address this flaw.

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