{
    "id": "CVE-2010-4249",
    "published": "2010-11-29 16:00:04",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:24:26",
    "cvss_score": "4.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-400",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.00888",
    "epss_percentile": "0.58258",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "15622",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.37 - Unix Sockets Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2010-11-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756",
        "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"
    ]
}