CVE-2010-3849

EXPLOITED

Linux Kernel < 2.6.36.2 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

clocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15704

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (16)

[Broken Link] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43056

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43291

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156

Scores

EPSS 0.0018

EPSS Percentile 39.4%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2026-02-09

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (12)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06

canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.10

debian/debian_linux 5.0

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.36.2

suse/linux_enterprise_desktop 10 sp3

suse/linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11 sp1

suse/linux_enterprise_server 9

... and 2 more

Published Dec 30, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026