CVE-2010-4165

N/A
Published: November 20, 2010 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelopenSUSELinux Enterprise Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The do_tcp_setsockopt function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly restrict TCP_MAXSEG (aka MSS) values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a setsockopt call that specifies a small value, leading to a divide-by-zero error or incorrect use of a signed integer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (23)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-369

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