CVE-2010-4175

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the rds_cmsg_rdma_args function (net/rds/rdma.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.35 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via a crafted Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3865.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.35

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129001184803080&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/17/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/18/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44921
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012

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