What is CVE-2010-3880?

CVE-2010-3880 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, classified as a Infinite Loop flaw (CWE-835). CVE-2010-3880 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3880?

CVE-2010-3880 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-2010-3880?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-3880 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-3880 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3880 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Infinite Loop (CWE-835)?

The product contains an iteration that does not exit even when it should. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

CVE-2010-3880

Medium

net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message that contains multiple attribute elements, as demonstrated by INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instructions.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-12-10

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-835

CVE-2010-3880 is a Infinite Loop vulnerability

What is Infinite Loop?

The product contains an iteration that does not exit even when it should. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

18 total

Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/9

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/05/3

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Spinics
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145899.html

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651264

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=22e76c849d505d87c5ecf3d3e6742a65f0ff4860

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-3880

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-12-10

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3880?

CVE-2010-3880 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 , classified as an Infinite Loop flaw (CWE-835) . CVE-2010-3880 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3880?

CVE-2010-3880 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-2010-3880?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-3880 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-3880 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-3880 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.