CVE-2010-4165

The do_tcp_setsockopt function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly restrict TCP_MAXSEG (aka MSS) values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a setsockopt call that specifies a small value, leading to a divide-by-zero error or incorrect use of a signed integer.

Score: CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium
Status: Modified - secalert@redhat.com
Published: 2010-11-22
Last modified: 2024-08-07
Weaknesses: CWE-369

Affected products

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a1abd08d52fdeddb3e9a5a33f2f15cc6a5674d2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8111
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8123
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/12/4
http://www.osvdb.org/69241
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44830
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146405.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146495.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652508