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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-05-26T16:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:21:21.749Z

Reserved: 2011-05-26T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2010-4805

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-05-26T16:55:03.393

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:06:25.687

Link: CVE-2010-4805

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2010-4805 - Bugzilla