Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-3698
Published: November 26, 2010 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92591
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-2010-3698
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3698
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.31-22.70, 2.6.32-27.49, 2.6.35-24.42, 2.6.35-27.48
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.35-30.56~lucid1
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.35-30.56~lucid1
External References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
- 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=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493