High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-4805
CVE-2010-4805
Description
The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a large amount of network traffic, related to the sk_add_backlog function and the sk_rmem_alloc socket field. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4251.
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3- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/threadnvdBroken Link
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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