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CVE-2010-4249

N/A
Published: November 29, 2010 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelFedora

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

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.

Affected

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

Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
13
Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
v < 2.6.372.6.372.6.37 rc12.6.37 rc2
Affected range stops below 2.6.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (23)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42354
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745

CVSS

4.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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