What is CVE-2010-4249?

CVE-2010-4249 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-2010-4249 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4249?

CVE-2010-4249 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-2010-4249?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4249. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2010-4249 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4249 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-2010-4249

Medium

The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-11-29

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-2010-4249 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-2010-4249 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
Lkml
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395

Exploit Third Party Advisory
Lkml
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8

Exploit Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42354

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

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397

Third Party Advisory
Exploit-DB
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2

Broken Link
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html

Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45037

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Vmware
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html

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

Third Party Advisory
Vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-4249

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-11-29

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4249?

CVE-2010-4249 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-2010-4249 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4249?

CVE-2010-4249 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-2010-4249?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4249. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2010-4249 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2010-4249 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 →