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 crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

CVSS v2.0

4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 57th percentile

Published

2010-11-29

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2010-4246
• CVE-2010-4250
• CVE-2010-4243
• CVE-2010-4254
• CVE-2010-4241
• CVE-2010-4257