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CVE-2010-4526 Detail

Description

Race condition in the sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable function in net/sctp/input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11-rc2 through 2.6.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ICMP unreachable message to a socket that is already locked by a user, which causes the socket to be freed and triggers list corruption, related to the sctp_wait_for_connect function.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=50b5d6ad63821cea324a5a7a19854d4de1a0a819
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/13 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/3 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0163.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45661 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0169 Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4526 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64616 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4526
NVD Published Date:
01/10/2011
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.