01 Record

CVE-2010-4526

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

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: 2.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 84.4% 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: Important. 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

2011-01-11 01:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 03:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-12-09

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
CWE-413Improper Resource LockingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e7771eb73322727fccb01f03b4663719037be7f915ad0408d233dbcddc0d83d1

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_mrgNot specified—

vmwareesxNot specified—

06 References

www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0163http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0163.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110104 Re: CVE-2010-4526 kernel: sctp: a race between ICMP protocol unreachable and connect()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
secunia.com46397http://secunia.com/advisories/46397third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4526x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110104 CVE-2010-4526 kernel: sctp: a race between ICMP protocol unreachable and connect()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com45661http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45661vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0169http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0169vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=50b5d6ad63821cea324a5a7a19854d4de1a0a819x_refsource_CONFIRM
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-icmp-message-dos(64616)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64616vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
secunia.com42964http://secunia.com/advisories/42964third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA