CVE-2010-4249 EXPLOIT
4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.9% (pctl 58)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.89% — more likely to be exploited than 58% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-400 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-11-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| linux | linux kernel |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 2.6.37 - Unix Sockets Local Denial of Service | 2010-11-27 |
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.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42354
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
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