What is CVE-2010-3698?

CVE-2010-3698 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, classified as a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400). CVE-2010-3698 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3698?

CVE-2010-3698 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-3698?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-3698. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2010-3698 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3698 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)?

The product does not properly control the amount of resources it consumes, leading to exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

CVE-2010-3698

Medium

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conjunction with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-11-26

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-400

CVE-2010-3698 is a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

What is Uncontrolled Resource Consumption?

The product does not properly control the amount of resources it consumes, leading to exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2010-3698 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745

Third Party Advisory
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36

Broken Link
Mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html

Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123

Third Party Advisory
Vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-3698

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-11-26

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3698?

CVE-2010-3698 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 , classified as an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400) . CVE-2010-3698 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3698?

CVE-2010-3698 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-3698?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-3698. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2010-3698 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2010-3698 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)?

The product does not properly control the amount of resources it consumes, leading to exhaustion. View CWE-400 on MITRE CWE →