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CVE-2010-4805 Details

Description

The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a large amount of network traffic, related to the sk_add_backlog function and the sk_rmem_alloc socket field. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4251.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c377411f2494a931ff7facdbb3a6839b1266bcf6	CVE
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread	CVE	Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c377411f2494a931ff7facdbb3a6839b1266bcf6	[email protected]
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-400	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 2.6.35
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 4, 2020	Reanalysis	[email protected]
May 26, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]