CVE-2010-3904
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Dec 6, 2010
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2010
Description
The rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate addresses obtained from user space, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- VU#362983third-party-advisory
- http://www.vsecurity.com/download/tools/linux-rds-exploit.c
- USN-1000-1vendor-advisory
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolemailing-list
- 46397third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=799c10559d60f159ab2232203f222f18fa3c4a5f
- 44677exploit
- 1024613vdb-entry
- SUSE-SA:2011:007vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2010:0842vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0298vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642896
- SUSE-SA:2010:057vendor-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/
- RHSA-2010:0792vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:053vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155751/vReliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_page_copy_user-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-3904government-resource
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