PT-2010-5118 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Nelson Elhage · CVE-2010-3849 · Published 2010-12-30 · Updated 2026-02-10

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36.2

Description The issue is related to the econet sendmsg function in the Linux kernel. It allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and OOPS, by making a sendmsg call with a NULL value for the remote address field when an econet address is configured.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.36.2, update to version 2.6.36.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3849

DSA-2126-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 19

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/15704 · Exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156 · Patch
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3849 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 · Note
• https://t.me/aptreports/25834 · Telegram Post
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html · Note