CVE-2010-1188 Use after free in n/a
High 7.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-1188 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2010-1188 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 31 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1188/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a kernel panic and denial of service via a SYN packet when IPV6_RECVPKTINFO is enabled on a listening socket.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-1188?
CVE-2010-1188 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 31 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use-after-free vulnerability in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20, when IPV6_RECVPKTINFO is set on a listening socket, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a SYN packet while the socket is in a listening (TCP_LISTEN) state, which is not properly handled and causes the skb structure to be freed.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1188?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
kernel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::as | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-doc Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-hugemem Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-hugemem-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-largesmp Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-largesmp-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-smp Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-smp-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-xenU Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel-xenU-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:4.7::es | All versions | 0:2.6.9-78.0.31.EL |
kernel Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo-common Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-doc Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-headers Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
kernel-xen Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.3 | All versions | 0:2.6.18-128.17.1.el5 |
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1188?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2010-1188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c595-prjf-55w3, RHSA-2010:0424, RHSA-2010:0439.