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CVE-2010-3858 json

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 restric…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-3837

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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) environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted exec system call, a related issue to CVE-2010-2240.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 2.6.36
  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x RHEL 6 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0836RHSA-2011:0004RHSA-2010:0958

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-3858 updated cvss 4.9

kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server perf 2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt, kernel-rt 2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0958
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0004
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0836

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-15619)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15619 Linux Kernel 2.6.37 - 'setup_arg_pages()' Denial of Service dos, 2010-11-26

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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References

Sources

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