Integer underflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-4164
Published: January 3, 2011 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92555
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4164
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4164
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.15-57.97
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.24-29.88
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.24-29.88
External References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/3
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128951543005554&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/11/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652517
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ef41308f94dcbb3b7afc56cdef1c2ba53fa5d2f