CVE-2010-4249

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4249
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-11-29 16:00:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-400 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.37 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.37 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.37 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
LKML: Марк Коренберг: Simple kernel attack using socketpair. easy, 100% reproductiblle, works under guest. no way to protect :( af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: unix socket local dos af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
LKML: Eric Dumazet: [PATCH net-next-2.6] scm: lower SCM_MAX_FD af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: kernel-2.6.34.7-66.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: kernel: unix socket local dos af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel Unix Sockets Local Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
656756 – (CVE-2010-4249) CVE-2010-4249 kernel: unix socket local dos af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
LKML: Vegard Nossum: Unix socket local DOS (OOM) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Linux Kernel Socket Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit, Mailing List, Patch
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b MITRE git.kernel.org
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