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?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4249 patch availability.

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

23 total

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
Marc
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2

Exploit Mailing List Patch
Exploit-DB
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10

Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

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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?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4249 patch availability.
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.