What is CVE-2010-4805?

CVE-2010-4805 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, classified as a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400). CVE-2010-4805 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4805?

CVE-2010-4805 has a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4805?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4805. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2010-4805 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4805 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-2010-4805

High

The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a large amount of network traffic, related to the sk_add_backlog function and the sk_rmem_alloc socket field. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4251.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2011-05-26

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.5

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-400

CVE-2010-4805 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-2010-4805 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kerneltrap
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread

Broken Link
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35

Broken Link
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c377411f2494a931ff7facdbb3a6839b1266bcf6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-4805

Severity High

CVSS score 7.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2011-05-26

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4805?

CVE-2010-4805 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10 , classified as an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400) . CVE-2010-4805 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4805?

CVE-2010-4805 has a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4805?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-4805. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2010-4805 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2010-4805 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 →