CVE-2010-4656: Canonical Ubuntu Linux
High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Affected products
Published 2011-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.