01 Record
CVE-2010-3858
The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-11-30 21:19Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a6af956b0af7f20eeb0e54a7ea6f72a81809f99d91db33a37a4123acaba755dd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com42789http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0024http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0004http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- www.securityfocus.com20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1041-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101021 CVE request: kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument sizehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/21/1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0958http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:257http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
- www.exploit-db.com15619http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- secunia.com42758http://secunia.com/advisories/42758
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101022 Re: CVE request: kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument sizehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/4
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- www.securityfocus.com44301http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44301
- grsecurity.nethttp://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0070http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645222
- www.debian.orgDSA-2126http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126