drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and…

Description

drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system crash) by sending the kernel many NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (31)

• USN-914-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 38557 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 38779 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 39649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 38922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100203 Re: CVE request: kernel OOM/crash in drivers/connector (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-1996 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 38058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 43315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561682 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 39033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0398 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 39742 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100203 CVE request: kernel OOM/crash in drivers/connector (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 38492 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-0410](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-0410.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-0410)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:45 UTC.