The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by netperf UDP tests.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-4224 The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by netperf UDP tests.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:37.980Z

Reserved: 2010-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4251

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-05-26T16:55:03.347

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-4251

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-11-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-4251 - Bugzilla

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