CVE-2010-0410

Impact

drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system crash) by sending the kernel many NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38492
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38557
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38779
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38922
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39033
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39649
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39742
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/3
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded