CVE-2010-4526 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2010-4526?

CVE-2010-4526 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable function in net/sctp/input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11-rc2 through 2.6.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ICMP unreachable message to a socket that is already locked by a user, which causes the socket to be freed and triggers list corruption, related to the sctp_wait_for_connect function.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4526?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Mrg, Vmware Esx.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4526?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-4526 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4526 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mrp2-pm5c-pxrh, RHSA-2011:0163.