CVE-2010-4249
The 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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.89% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2Exploit, Mailing List, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42354Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Third Party Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2Exploit, Mailing List, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42354Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.