CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-3849

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2010-12-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-12-30
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.36.2) • suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse linux enterprise real time extension 11 • suse linux enterprise server 9 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • suse linux enterprise software development kit 10 • debian debian linux 5.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References