Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3859
CVE-2010-3859
Description
Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.
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References
26- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/42789nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/42963nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/46397nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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