Division by zero in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4165
Published: June 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91386
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4165
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the do_tcp_setsockopt() function in net/ipv4/tcp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4165
Install updates from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 2.6.37 rc2
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146405.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652508
- http://www.osvdb.org/69241
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/4
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146495.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44830
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8123
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8111
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a1abd08d52fdeddb3e9a5a33f2f15cc6a5674d2