CVE-2010-3849 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-3849

The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise real time extension, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10, 11, 9, 5.0, 6.06, 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10

Timeline

Official Publish: December 30th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.