Name: Vulnix
Price: 99 USD

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-1284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=799c10559d60f159ab2232203f222f18fa3c4a5fBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155751/vReliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_page_copy_user-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024613Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362983Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0792.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vsecurity.com/download/tools/linux-rds-exploit.cBroken Link
http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642896Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44677/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=799c10559d60f159ab2232203f222f18fa3c4a5fBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155751/vReliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_page_copy_user-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024613Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362983Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0792.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vsecurity.com/download/tools/linux-rds-exploit.cBroken Link
http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642896Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44677/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-3904US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Dec 6, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: May 12, 2023
NVD status: Analyzed