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CVE-2010-3880

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Dec 10, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3880
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message that contains multiple attribute elements, as demonstrated by INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instructions.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.37 (excluding)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37 (including)2.6.37 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.37-rc1 (including)2.6.37-rc1 (including)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-194.32.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntukarmic*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntunatty*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntukarmic*
Linux-ec2Ubuntulucid*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntukarmic*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntukarmic*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntumaverick*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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